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Dr Raj Sureja Interventional Pain Management Physician

Dr Raj Sureja is a fellowship trained, interventional pain management physician here at Orthopaedic & Spine Center, Newport News VA. His practice focuses upon using state of the art medical techniques to improve quality of life and pain reduction, particularly spinal pain and disorders of continue reading…

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Diagnosing and Treating Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

I’ve Had Surgery for my Back Problem: Why do I Still Have Chronic Pain? Raj N. Sureja, MD In my last blog, I discussed the theories about why Failed Back Surgery Syndrome occurs and what pre-existing conditions can make a patient more likely to develop continue reading…

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Controlling Pain and Interventional Pain Management

Exercise Properly and Throw No Pain, No Gain Out the Window by Orthopaedic & Spine Center Staff - Call (797) 596-1900 for consultation We have all heard the phrase “No pain, no gain.” Often these words are grunted by gym rats in a workout facility continue reading…

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Different Types of Epidurals

An Overview of the Different Types of Epidural Injection Used for Interventional Pain Management Did you know that there are different types of epidural steroid injections? Everyone thinks of an epidural as the procedure you have to relieve pain and make you go numb before continue reading…

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My Second Steroidal Epidural Procedure!

A Patient’s Journey to Pain Relief with OSC Orthopedic Associates After my initial epidural procedure failed to give me as much pain relief as I was hoping for, Dr Mark McFarland recommended I try a second cortisone procedure before moving to the surgical option to continue reading…

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After my Cervical Epidural Injection

What Happened After my Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection I went home after my epidural and continued to experience light-headedness, so I went and got in bed, laid flat and watched TV. OSC’s Dr Sureja gave me an instruction sheet to help after the procedure, and continue reading…

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E (Epidural) Day - Interventional Pain Management

Pain Relief through an Epidural Following from my last post, with much fear and trembling, I checked in to the OSC MRI and Fluoroscopy Waiting Room for my Cervical Epidural. I was taken into the Fluroscopy Suite by Mary, Dr. Sureja’s nurse and by one of our continue reading…

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Preparing for my Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection

Interventional Pain Management with OSC’s Dr Raj Sureja Okay, I think that I have told you in my previous blog posts that I am a BIG CHICKEN and TERRIFIED of needles. So, it should come as no surprise to you that I was facing the continue reading…

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