Tag Archives: DISH
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
By
Jonathan Aarons MD
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Pain Management Comments and tagged back pain, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis, DISH |
Published
October 4, 2015
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis or DISH is a disease of the ligaments of the spine. The ligaments that support the spine become ossified and turn to bone. DISH occurs in 19% of men and 4% of women over 50 years old. This syndrome is asymptomatic. Occasionally, swallowing problems may occur due to nerve […]
Conditions Treated
- Sacroiliac Joint Problem
- Chronic Neck Pain Due to Disc Problems
- Chronic Low Back Pain Due to Disc Problems
- Low Back Pain Due to Arthritis in the Facet Joint of the Spine
- Sciatica
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Entrapment Neuropathy
- Post-Surgical (Mastectomy, Thoracotomy, Herniorrhaphy) Pain
- Pain After Disc Surgery (Post-Laminectomy Pain)
- Spinal Stenosis
- Coccydynia (Tailbone Pain)
- Occipital Neuralgia (Headache)
- Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia
Procedures Offered
- Sacroiliac Joint Injection
- Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection
- Caudal Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Lumbar Sympathetic Block
- Stellate Ganglion Block
- Peripheral Nerve Block (Ilioinguinal,etc)
- Facet Joint Injection
- Medial Branch Block
- Trigger Point Injection
- Injection of Coccyx/Tailbone
- Occipital Nerve Block
- Radiofrequency Ablation (Destruction of Painful Nerves)
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