Whether your back pain comes from a herniated disc, spinal stenosis, an inflamed joint, or a pinched nerve, you deserve to live pain-free. At SamWell Institute of Pain Management in Colonia, Livingston & Englewood, New Jersey, double board-certified, and Ivy League trained pain specialist, Dr. Jay M. Shah, can help you feel your best again.

Dr. Jay M. Shah MD, FAAPMR is a double-board certified and Ivy League trained Interventional Pain Specialist, minimally invasive spine specialist, sports medicine specialist and is the Founder and Medical Director of the SamWell Institute for Pain Management. SamWell Pain has two convenient office locations in Colonia, Livingston & Englewood, New Jersey.

Dr. Shah completed his training in Interventional Pain Medicine at the prestigious ACGME accredited Weill-Cornell Tri-institutional pain fellowship in New York, where he trained at three of the nation's top hospitals: Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital, The Hospital for Special Surgery, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Shah is widely considered a physician leader within the field of Interventional Pain Medicine. His truly patient-centered, multidisciplinary, and evidence-based approach aims to provide personalized care to each individual patient and their specific needs and goals. 

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There are many different types of lower back pain, and the cause of your pain may be directly related to your specific condition. Some of the most common kinds of back pain are:

Herniated disc

A herniated disc occurs when one of the discs in between your vertebrae develops. Arthritis becomes inflamed or pinches on a nerve. Often, herniated discs can compress a nerve and cause back pain and sciatica leg pain with associated burning, numbness, tingling, and pins and needles sensation down the leg with weakness.

Spinal stenosis

In spinal stenosis, the areas that your nerves travel through in your spine become narrowed and compressed, and those pinched nerves can cause pain, numbness, tingling, and painful spasms down both legs with associated back pain. Spinal stenosis is often related to degenerative osteoarthritis of the spine.

Sciatica pain

Sciatica, also known as radiculopathy, is due to a pinched nerve, and this condition occurs when one of your spinal nerves is compressed by a herniated disc, bulging disc, or arthritis in the joints in your spine. This condition can cause a sharp, stabbing pain in the back that can travel down one of your legs all the way to your foot and is associated with painful neuropathy or nerve pain consisting of numbness, tingling, burning, and painful cramping/spasms.

Muscle strain/sprain

A muscle strain is a severe pain in your lower back and generally arises from prolonged, standing, sitting, or heavy, bending, lifting, or twisting. Muscle strains and associated spasms can be debilitating and can incapacitate you.

Spinal joint inflammation or facet joint pain

The small, spinal joints, or facet joints, click your vertebrae together, give your spine stability, and allow for range of motion and movement. When these joints become inflamed and degenerative due to wear and tear can lead to neck and back pain, flat across the neck and back regions. This can lead to neck pain, radiating into the shoulders, headaches, as well as back pain, radiating into the hips, buttocks, and thighs made worse with bending backward, prolonged standing, sitting and laying down as well as walking.

"I have been impressed and grateful every step of the way with Dr. Shah. He did the proper imaging and other diagnostic tests, to determine the levels and locations of damage. He is extremely careful in every way and has unsurpassed listening skills. It’s an immense relief to find a doctor I trust. He’s also capable of thinking outside the box and coming up with an alternative treatment if one option isn’t tolerated. I cannot recommend him, or anyone, more highly."

K.G.

"I had pain for 10 years.

Dr. Shah was the first to doctor to take the time to correctly identify the sources and treat them without drugs. A few minimally invasive procedures and I feel like a new man. Waking up without pain is a blessing. Dr. Shah is incredible."

NICHOLAS K.

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We do NOT participate with Medicare, Medicaid, HMO, or Community plans. We are not currently accepting Medicare insurances. We are not currently accepting self-pay patients at this time.

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Comprehensive back pain treatment at SamWell Institute of Pain Management is customized based on your particular pain as well as your diagnostic, MRI, imaging, nerve tests, and comprehensive physical exam and evaluation. All of our minimally invasive procedural options are safely performed under state-of-the-art x-ray image guidance, as well as ultrasound image guidance for accuracy, safety, and precision. We provide long-term interventional pain-relieving solutions, independent of opioids and surgery. Some of the many treatment options include:

• Physical therapy
• Acupuncture
• Image-guided epidurals
• Steroid injections for herniated discs
• Dorsal root ganglion stimulation (DRG procedure)
• Endoscopic procedures for low back pain

• Radio frequency ablation for painful facet joints
• Spinal cord stimulator trials, implants for complex neck, back & nerve pain
• Personalized exercise program
• Minimally invasive lumbar decompression procedure (MILD)
• Sacroiliac joint procedures

Our team of pain specialist will design a targeted and customize plan of care to give you optimal, long-term functional pain relief so you can get back to the things you love.

At the SamWell Institute for Pain Management, we understand the importance of providing a unique and meaningful patient experience within our offices. We are standing by to help you with your lower back pain. Reach out to us today.

1503 St. George Avenue Ste 205 Colonia, NJ 07067

315 E. Northfield Road Suite 1C Livingston, NJ 07039

370 Grand Ave Suite 202 Englewood, NJ 07631

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