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best work for them, Dr. Lou said. For example, the right medication can make all the difference.

One of Dr. Lou’s patients, Ann Walton of Fort Worth, was suffering from severe chest, arm and elbow pain following a double mastectomy. Heavy doses of pain medications didn’t help, so Dr. Lou switched her to non-addictive nerve pain medicines, which effectively calmed her pain.

“I was really miserable. I couldn’t do anything. Now I’m in much better shape,” Mrs. Walton said. “I can smile again.”

The McDermott Center, one of the few pain clinics in Texas with on-site pain specialists, physical therapists and psychologists, uses the latest scientific advances and least-invasive procedures to diagnose, locate and treat everything from back pain to neuropathic pain.

Minimally invasive surgeries are done routinely in order to remove scar tissue – a process called lysis of adhesion – and alleviate pain in people with back or neck problems.

Dedicated fluoroscopy is a non-surgical procedure that uses an X-ray system to allow physicians to target a precise location when applying pulse radiofrequency therapy, which interrupts pain messages to the brain.

In addition, on-site behavioral medicine specialists teach stress management and relaxation techniques. In the center’s therapy gym, physical therapists help patients increase their range of motion, build muscle endurance, and reduce tension.

“We want to relieve patients’ pain without major surgery,” Dr. Lou said. “That allows them to begin physical therapy sooner, saves money and allows them to feel better quicker.”

Dr. Lou is using a targeted approach to first diagnose reasons for patients’ pain, then identifying problematic areas and treating them.

“Pain is a symptom, not a diagnosis. We’re really trying to diagnose the underlying problem,” Dr. Lou said. “So you can’t just be a pain specialist. If someone comes in with a he
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