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Recover from Your Injury Faster 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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Compression Fractures

I Have Compression Fractures: Is Kyphoplasty the Best Solution?

Unlike other broken bones in the body, a compression fracture occurs in your spine and causes a vertebra to collapse. Dr. Vladimir Fiks uses an integrative approach to treating pain conditions like compression fractures at Advanced Pain Management Center in Portland, Oregon. Whenever possible, Dr. Fiks turns to noninvasive treatments, including rest, supportive devices like […]

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Treating Symptomatic Spinal Stenosis with the MILD Procedure

Treating symptomatic spinal stenosis with a MILD procedure.  Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal. It can occur at any place in the spine, but is most common in the lower lumbar region and is called lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). The spinal canal houses the spinal cord in your back. When stenosis occurs, it can cause pressure on the spinal cord and/or […]

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Chronic Back Pain

Basivertebral Nerve Ablation: A Modern Therapy for Chronic Back Pain

Trying to live with chronic back pain isn’t easy. It’s even harder when it seems like you’ve tried everything, but nothing provides relief. Fortunately, medical interventions continue getting better, opening new doors toward pain relief. One example is basivertebral nerve ablation — also known as the Intracept® procedure. Dr. Vladimir Fiks offers the latest proven […]

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