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Category: Chronic Pain Conditions

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Spine Pain That Gets Worse Only in Certain Positions

When your back hurts while bending over but disappears when standing straight, or intensifies when sitting but eases while lying down, your body is sharing hidden clues about your spine condition. This type of positional pain often reveals specific structural problems that standard treatments might miss. At Advanced Pain Management Center in Portland, Oregon, leading interventional pain […]

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Regenexx: How Your Own Cells Can Heal Specific Spine Problems

Your body contains powerful healing cells that can repair damaged spine tissue without surgery. Many patients with chronic back pain have tried medications, injections, and physical therapy without lasting relief — but haven’t considered using their own cells to heal the problem. At Advanced Pain Management Center in Portland, Oregon, Dr. Vladimir Fiks performs Regenexx® procedures that concentrate these natural repair […]

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What to Expect During and After Your Spinal Cord Stimulation Trial

Chronic pain can make even the simplest tasks feel impossible. When medications, physical therapy, and injections haven’t worked, a spinal cord stimulator might be worth considering. But before committing to a permanent implant, you need to go through a trial period first. At Advanced Pain Management Center in Portland, Oregon, Vladimir Fiks, MD, specializes in helping patients determine if spinal cord […]

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Recover from Your Injury Quicker with MLS Therapy

When pain becomes unbearable, you might feel like your only choices are injections or surgery — but what if there was a noninvasive way to find relief? Breakthroughs in laser technology offer just that. At Advanced Pain Management Center in Portland, Oregon, leading interventional pain management specialist Vladimir Fiks, MD, and our team use Multiwave Locked System (MLS) Laser […]

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