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What is Diabetic Neuropathy? Diabetic neuropathy, is a type of nerve damage that can occur if you have diabetes. High blood sugar (glucose) can injure nerves throughout the body. Diabetic neuropathy most often damages nerves in the legs and feet. Depending on the affected nerves, diabetic neuropathy symptoms include pain…

Congratulations to Dr. Erik Davis for recently being named to MedEd’s Physician Educator Advisory Board!     What Is MedED?   MedEd Combine is bringing medical education into the 21st century through virtual reality and in-depth training experiences showing new procedures and techniques in the field of medicine. MedEd is…

We are making media waves both near and far! Louisiana Pain Specialists and Crescent View Surgery recently became the first facility in the greater New Orleans area to utilitze the Aurora Zip Lumbar Fusion device. Because this is such an exciting new technology in the field of pain management, this…

Louisiana Pain Specialists is proud to announce that we have partnered with The Stella Center, the leaders in trauma and PTSD treatment. As the 1st Stella partner in the greater New Orleans region and only the 2nd Stella in the entire Gulf Coast, Louisiana Pain Specialists is helping treat patients…

At Louisiana Pain Specialists, we are treating low back pain without surgery by offering our patients clinically proven treatments with quick recovery times. If you are among the millions of people suffering from chronic low back pain or leg pain resulting from a back problem, there is a promising new…

Louisiana Pain Specialists’ Dr Eric Sterne is helping lead the way in the latest minimally-invasive therapies in the field of interventional pain management. He is proud to offer the Minuteman procedure by Spinal Simplicity to his patients who otherwise might have failed more traditional treatment options for their leg and…

Louisiana Pain Specialists is excited to become one of the very first interventional pain management practices in the Gulf Coast region to offer the new, clinically proven treatment option, VIA Disc, for low back pain caused by degenerative disc disease (DDD). We cannot wait to track our patients’ success with…

Louisiana Pain Specialists is excited to announce that Dr. Erik Davis recently performed his first Abbott dorsal root ganglion (DRG) therapy trial at our practice! Having performed this procedure many times in the past, we are excited that Dr. Davis is bringing his skills and expertise to Louisiana Pain Specialists…

What is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome? Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a little-understood condition that usually causes symptoms in your arm or legs. It is a taxing pain condition which can cause issues like extreme sensitivity to touch, burning or throbbing pain, swelling in the painful area, and changes…

What makes our providers at Louisiana Pain Specialists so unique is that they are willing to often dig deeper in the treatment toolbox to address our patients’ pain when other traditional therapies have failed.  While post-herpetic neuralgia pain is common, the providers at Louisiana Pain Specialists utilize unique therapies including…