The Impact of unrelieved chronic pain is significant. Pain affects quality of life. It can cause loss of
appetite, inability to sleep, work and can disrupt relationships with family and friends. If your pain
has caused you to lose interest in everything… We can help.
Doctors at the Pain Management Center are Board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain
Management. After a through evaluation, an individualized plan of care will be developed in
cooperation with your primary care physician.
Effective pain management involves treating the whole patient and may require members of our
multi-disciplinary team such as neurologist, neuro-surgeons, psychiatrists, orthopedists, r
heumatologists and experts in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
The staff at the Pain Management Center at Brookdale University and Medical Center can help
patients with different types of chronic pain including:
Acute Pain
Headaches
Facial Pain (TMJ)
Neck Pain
Phantom Pain
Limb Pain
Back Pain
Arthritis
Chronic Post-operative Pain
Herpes Zoster (shingles)
Myofascial Pain
Fibromyalgia
Sciatica
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Diabetic Neuropathic
Other neuropathic types of pain
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes I & II (RSD, Causalgia)
Sickle Cell Pain
Cancer Pain
There are new techniques and medications available that can help reduce all types of pain and help you function better.
Treatments Available
Medication
Nerve blocks
Radio frequency
Epidural Injection
Steroid injections
Psychological intervention
Physical therapy
Implantable devices for continuous relief of chronic pain
TENS
Your primary care physician can refer you to the Pain Management Center. To help facilitate your treatment plan all test results (MRI, CT Scan, X-ray, EMG) should be forwarded by your physician.
The center accepts most medical plans and insurance carriers.
Our supportive and caring staff will assist you along the way, by providing you with all the necessary information.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call us at (718)240-6210.
Please ask your doctor if the pain services at Brookdale are appropriate for you.