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Non-Surgical Treatment For Spinal Stenosis In Regional West Physicians Clinic – Scottsbluff, NE

4021 Avenue B Scottsbluff, NE 69361

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Each spinal vertebra (spinal bone) has a hole in the middle — the spinal canal — through which the nerves and spinal cord run. When structures inside or outside the spinal canal put pressure on these nerves, it’s called spinal stenosis.

Because the nerves that run through the spine are pain-sensitive and connect to your legs, you can get lower back pain as well as weakness or numbness in your legs or feet. People with spinal stenosis tend to suffer from standing intolerance, and standing for any length of time can cause back pain or leg symptoms that immediately improve once they sit down.

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How Is Spinal Stenosis Commonly Treated?

Common more conservative treatments include physical therapy, anti-inflammatory medications, and high-dose epidural steroid injections to help reduce swelling around the nerves. However, although steroid injections temporarily help the pain, they can have severe side effects and reduce your body’s ability to heal. 

If all of the above fails, spinal stenosis is treated with surgery to decompress the area, which often means removing bone, disc, and ligaments around the tight spot in the spinal canal. Other times, spinal fusion surgery is performed (hardware is inserted to bolt the spinal bones together), but this can lead to adjacent segment disease (ASD), where areas above and below the fusion can get damaged over time. 

Additionally, spinal surgery comes with significant downtime.

That’s why we’ve developed a different approach.

4021 Avenue B
Scottsbluff, NE 69361

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Dr. Sole is a triple board-certified PM&R, Sports Medicine, & Pain Medicine physician. His residency training in PM&R was completed at the prestigious Mayo Clinic and fellowship training in Sports Medicine at JPS Hospital and Texas Christian University. He specializes in treatment and prevention of sports & musculoskeletal related injuries, acute & chronic pain conditions, & Orthobiologics.

During training, he provided medical coverage for TCU, Texas Wesleyan University, Rochester Community Technical College, USA Hockey, PRCA Rodeo, Golden Gloves Boxing, Special Olympics, multiple high school programs, mass participation endurance events, and athletes of all ages.

He previously served as head team physician for South Dakota School of Mines, Black Hills State University, and team physician for multiple high school and amateur sport programs throughout the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. He was a PRCA professional rodeo physician during his time practicing in South Dakota. He currently serves as team physician for Western Nebraska Community College, Scottsbluff and Gering, NE High Schools, and as a consulting physician for many other sports programs in Western Nebraska.

He teaches ultrasound to fellow physicians and has research with multiple publications and presentations on sports related injuries and musculoskeletal ultrasound. He has served as a member of the Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Sub-committee and Education Committee for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and Musculoskeletal, Neuromuscular/Pain Council, and Resident Physician Council for the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

He also continues to be involved in educating residents and medical students. He previously served as clinical assistant professor for the University of South Dakota School of Medicine and now serves as instructor for UNMC Family Medicine Residency Program-Rural Track.

Additionally, during residency and fellowship, he received training in comprehensive, non-surgical spine care including image-guided spine injections and interventional orthopedics. He also performs concussion management and EMG/electrodiagnostics for neurological injuries.

He is a proud member of the American Academy/Association of Orthopedic Medicine, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, American Society for Interventional Pain Physicians, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Interventional Orthobiologics Foundation. He has completed advanced post-fellowship training in Interventional Orthopedics through the Interventional Orthobiologics Foundation required to be a Regenexx affiliate physician. He also has served as an instructor for the Interventional Orthobiologics Foundation and maintains an active relationship in the organization.

He now serves as a peer-reviewer for the Biologics Orthopedics Journal.

In his free time, Dr. Sole enjoys golfing, weightlifting and spending time with his children, family, and friends.

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Areas treated: Cervical Spine (Not Upper Cervical or CCI)*, Elbow, Foot & Ankle, Hand & Wrist, Hip, Knee, Lumbar Spine, Shoulder, Thoracic Spine

Areas Treated

Cervical Spine (Not Upper Cervical or CCI)*, Elbow, Foot & Ankle, Hand & Wrist, 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).

During Regenexx’s outpatient procedures, custom concentrations of your body’s natural healing agents are injected into the exact areas of damage in the spine. Treatments use only your own blood to make super-concentrated platelet-rich plasma (PRP) or your own bone marrow concentrate (BMC), which contains stem cells.

Spinal stenosis treatment may include Regenexx-DDD protocol, which is the world’s first alternative to stenosis surgery that allows you to maintain your normal anatomy. Best of all, your downtime will be a fraction of what it is with surgery and generally requires little or no opioid pain medications or time off of work.

Am I a candidate?
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Join Chris Centeno, MD, founder of Regenexx, to learn how Regenexx procedures can help treat your back pain without surgery and lead to a faster recovery.

During this free webinar you’ll learn:

  • How procedures using bone marrow concentrate (BMC) and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) compare to surgery and other spine pain treatment options
  • Procedure expectations
  • Answers to the most common questions about regenerative medicine treatments
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At Regenexx, we want the best outcomes for everyone. So we’ve developed a process to determine if our treatments may be right for you.

During your initial appointment, your Regenexx doctor will use our four-part SANS (stability, articulation, neuromuscular, and symmetry) evaluation to identify the underlying causes of your pain. Your doctor will examine your injury through a full range of motion and may use ultrasound to observe the inner workings in real time.

This is important, as research shows that an MRI indicating stenosis isn’t enough to appropriately diagnose stenosis as the cause of back pain.

Am I a candidate?

Watch a real Regenexx spinal procedure performed by a certified Regenexx physician:

Our goal is to use the least invasive, least expensive procedure to get the desired results. Your Regenexx physician will work with you to determine whether that would be a platelet procedure or a BMC procedure.

Learn More About Spinal Stenosis

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Do I Need Surgery for Cervical Stenosis?

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