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Non-Surgical Solutions For Lower Back Pain In Annapolis, MD

Eliminate your back or neck pain

Regenexx interventional orthopedics provide a non-surgical option for many suffering from pain and loss of function due to back or neck surgery. To learn more about whether Regenexx could be a solution for you, fill out our online candidacy form. One of our patient care coordinators will work with you to take the next steps toward recovery.

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166 Defense Highway, Suite 300 Annapolis, MD 21401

Avoid Another Back or Neck Surgery with Regenexx

Surgery to help back or neck pain has a bad reputation. Almost everybody knows someone who has had bad results. For example. disc surgery can weaken that structure and it can re-herniate. In a fusion surgery, a procedure where part of the spine is bolted together solid, the structures above and below can get overloaded and torn up and this problem is known as adjacent segment disease.

What you may not know and find frustrating to hear, is that unfortunately, in many cases, these surgeries have been shown to be no more effective than sham surgeries, though the risks associated with them are very real. For example, fusion surgery complications occur in 25% of fusion patients. Further, in one study, 76% of patients still require narcotics for pain and miss three times as much work as those who don’t have surgery. Additionally, fusions lead to the wearing down of the segments above and below the fusion site as those segments now take on more movement than they were designed to accommodate, potentially leading to the need for additional fusions over time.

So what can we offer? Precise, injection based treatments of growth factors or your body’s own healing cells that focus on treating the whole spine. For example, if you’ve had a prior disc surgery that didn’t work, we can inject using real-time imaging to help heal damaged nerves. Of if you have a fusion, our goal will be to strengthen and heal the damage happening because of the increased wear and tear.  Best of all, your downtime will be a fraction of surgery, with little to no need for opioid pain medications or time off of work. Call our patient care coordinators today to get started on your path to recovery.

Regenexx Benefits

  • Increased function
  • Pain reduction
  • Most individuals do not experience extensive downtime
  • Minimal time off of work
  • No surgery
  • Minimal use of mobility tools (crutches, etc.)
  • Minimal disruption of regular routine

166 Defense Highway
Suite 300
Annapolis, MD 21401

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Dr. Zamfirov, also known as Dr. Zed, was born and raised in Bulgaria. He played soccer professionally and he was selected to play for the Bulgarian Junior National Team. Early in his sports career he decided to become a physician for athletes and to treat their sports injuries. He received his MD degree from the Plovdiv Medical University in 1987. He then completed his Orthopedic Surgery Residency and specialized in sports trauma and knee surgery. For over eight years he served as a physician of the Bulgarian Olympic Canoe team, several professional soccer teams in Bulgarian soccer division “A”, and as a consulting physician of the Bulgarian National Soccer team. During his orthopedic practice in Bulgaria Dr. Zed has treated and operated on many internationally known athletes, Olympic and World champions.

In 2000 he and his family moved to the US. Here, he completed his Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency at Georgetown University/ National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, DC where he received extensive training in the field of interventional pain management. Since 2007 Dr. Zed has been providing comprehensive care for thousands of patients in his offices in Maryland. 

Dr Zamfirov is the founder of All Star Pain Management and Regenerative Medicine which opened its doors on February 1st, 2017. Dr Zed was a pioneer in providing regenerative medicine in Maryland and has gone on to become a physician licensed to provide Regenexx injectates to offer his patients research based cutting edge treatment in Regenerative Orthopedics. Dr. Zed is a member of the medical staff at Baltimore Washington Medical Center and Anne Arundel Medical Center.

His areas of special interests include regenerative medicine for orthopedic conditions, fluoroscopically guided spinal injections, non-operative spine care, pain management, sports medicine, neuromodulation.

He still plays soccer in an indoor league at Howard County. He also loves fishing and skiing.

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Areas treated: Cervical Spine (Not Upper Cervical or CCI)*, Hip, Knee, Lumbar Spine, Shoulder, Thoracic Spine

Areas Treated

Cervical Spine (Not Upper Cervical or CCI)*, Hip, Knee, Lumbar Spine, Shoulder, Thoracic Spine

*This provider is NOT authorized by Regenexx to treat the C0-C1 or C1-C2 levels of the neck or CCI (craniocervical instability).

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