Tag Archives: femoral neuropathy
Femoral Neuropathy
By
Jonathan Aarons MD
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Pain Management Comments and tagged diabetic neuropathy, femoral neuropathy, leg pain, nerve pain |
Published
January 17, 2016
Femoral Neuropathy is a disease of the femoral nerve, a very large nerve in the leg. This nerve controls the quadriceps muscle and causes difficulty in walking. The nerve can be damaged by compression, trauma or metabolic causes. The motor portion of the femoral nerve governs knee extension and hip flexion. The sensory portion of […]
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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