Dr. Ben Shwachman M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
315 N 3rd Ave Suite 200 Covina CA, 91723Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Ben Shwachman practices Pain Medicine in Covina, CA. Pain medicine is concerned with the prevention of pain, and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients experiencing pain. Pain medicine physicians use a broad-based approach to treat all pain disorders, ranging from pain as a symptom of disease to pain as the primary disease. Dr. Shwachman serves as a consultant to other physicians but is often the principal treating physician, providing care at various levels; such as treating the patient directly, prescribing medication, prescribing rehabilitative services, performing pain relieving procedures, counseling patients and families, directing a multidisciplinary team, coordinating care with other healthcare providers, and providing consultative services.
Education and Training
University of Illinois College of Medicine 1964
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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