Numbness and tingling associated with neuropathy and nerve pain isn’t a symptom you have to live with. At SamWell Institute for Pain Management in Colonia, Livingston & Englewood, New Jersey, pain management specialist Dr. Jay Shah, MD and team offer interventional pain relieving solutions to reduce chronic nerve pain and give you a better quality of life. Schedule an appointment by phone or online to learn more about your options.

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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If you experience neuropathy and nerve pain, you might notice some of the following signs or symptoms:

• Tingling
• Numbness
• Burning or throbbing pain
• Neck, back, shoulder, or knee pain
• Muscle weakness
• Falling or lack of muscle coordination
• Touch sensitivity
• Sharp pain

• Pins and Needles sensation
• Abdominal/pelvic pain
• Sciatica
• Peripheral Neuropathy
• Headache/migraines
• Facial pain 
• Cramping or spasms
• Charlie horses

At the first sign of neuropathy, which can indicate an underlying medical problem requiring treatment, see Dr. Shah and his team for an evaluation.

"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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The SamWell Institute for Pain Management team treats pain conditions with interventional therapies and multimodal treatments. Treatment can reduce diabetic peripheral neuropathy, nerve pain, pelvic pain, post-surgical pain syndrome, and neck, back, shoulder, or knee pain after trauma.

Your personalized neuropathy and nerve pain treatment might include:

Lifestyle changes

To reduce nerve pain using lifestyle changes, eat a healthy non-inflammatory diet, get regular sleep and exercise to increase blood flow, take vitamin supplements as needed, and avoid excessive alcohol consumption.  

Medications

Taking certain nerve pain medications can alleviate neuropathy to give you a better quality of life. Dr. Shah and his team customize medication regimens to match your unique needs.

Physical therapy

Dr. Shah lets you know which physical therapy exercises and stretches can reduce neuropathy pain and prevent its recurrence. Typically this is done in conjunction with pain relieving interventions and lifestyle changes. 

Spinal Cord Stimulation Technology

For more complex and chronic neuropathy/nerve pain, Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) is an advanced and minimally invasive technology that utilizes accurate doses of pulsed electrical energy to stimulate the nerves that cause pain at their source of in the neck or back. During a procedure utilizing live x-ray image guidance, Dr. Shah trials the external technology first for 7 days to gauge your response and pain relief, and if effective, he may proceed with a long term implantable device that can control your nerve pain long term.  

Minimally invasive procedures for Nerve Pain

After diagnostic testing such as nerve tests and MRIs, your nerve pain stems for structures pushing on nerves from your neck or back, Dr. Shah can perform minimally invasive and non-surgical procedures under image guidance to relief your nerve pain.  These procedures include nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablation, epidural steroid injections, peripheral nerve stimulation, and more.

If neuropathy and nerve pain negatively affect your life, you don’t have to live with it. Schedule an appointment with pain specialists at SamWell Institute for Pain Management by phone or online for relief today. 

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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