OSC's Dr. Raj Sureja (pictured center) with PainTEQ representatives on April 17, 2024 On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, Interventional Pain Management Physician Raj Sureja, MD, performed the first sacroiliac (SI) joint fusion in Virginia, Maryland, and DC, using the PainTEQ
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Raj N. Sureja, MD Jenny L.F. Andrus, MD Although we’ve often talked about the hazards of opioids in articles we have authored, and shown data that opioid use isn’t effective for long-term treatment of chronic pain, we thought it appropriate
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I first came to OSC to see Dr. Raj Sureja for a follow-up after I had spinal fusion surgery. I began to panic because I had once had a bad experience with another physician with the epidural, but Dr. Sureja
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Raj N. Sureja, MD Chronic pain is a condition that affects millions worldwide, often leading to significant physical, emotional, and social burdens. Traditional approaches to managing chronic pain have primarily focused on pharmaceutical interventions and physical therapies. However, emerging evidence
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Raj N. Sureja, MD Chronic pain affects millions of people worldwide, significantly reducing quality of life and leading to other health problems such as depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances. Natural remedies are becoming increasingly popular due to concerns about the
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Raj N. Sureja, MD In the table below, you can easily compare and contrast the symptoms of Central Pain Syndrome, Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. SYMPTOM CPS CRPS FIBRO Widespread Pain X X Localized Pain Arm
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Raj N. Sureja, MD In my job as an Interventional Pain Management Specialist, I treat patients with painful nerve conditions every day. Many of my patients have issues with inflamed nerves in their neck, back or extremities that cause them
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Raj N. Sureja, MD In two previous articles, Dr. Andrus discussed two over-the-counter analgesics, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen, that are commonly used for the treatment of pain. In this article, I will discuss the third of the trio, Naproxen Sodium, better
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Raj N. Sureja, MD As an Interventional Pain Management Physician, I treat patients with therapies designed to address their chronic pain with injection procedures as an alternative to surgery. One of the more challenging pain issues I see is chronic
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Raj N. Sureja, MD As an Interventional Pain Management Physician, I often work with patients who suffer from nerve-related chronic pain aka neuropathic pain. It is very important for me to understand how nerves function and communicate with one another and
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