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  • Radicular pain refers to pain that “radiates” along a nerve due to inflammation, injury or compression to the spinal nerve root.

  • Approximately 5.1% of men and 3.7% of women will have a herniated disc during their lifetime

  • September is Pain Awareness Month. Nearly 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain and go through what seems to be endless treatment courses

  • The Spine & Pain Physicians Surgery Center; Rutherford County’s first surgery center dedicated to spine and pain treatment, is now treating patients in Smyrna, TN

  • Confronting the pain epidemic head on to address increasing reports of Americans suffering with back pain, Dr. Graf Hilgenhurst is proud to announce the opening of Spine & Pain Physicians Surgery Center.

  • Exercise can be difficult if you suffer from chronic pain, but it is one of the most highly recommended forms of conservative treatment.

  • While Precision Pain Care treats a variety of injuries and conditions, some common sources of unfortunate back pain include compression fractures and spinal stenosis.

  • Pain is often a regular, unwelcoming, reality for many women, let alone any human being.

  • Dr. Graf Hilgenhurst is listed as one of the “150 Pain Management Physicians to Know” by Becker’s ASC Review

  • Graf Hilgenhurst, MD, has been newly elected as President and Executive Director of the Tennessee Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (TNSIPP)

  • Graf Hilgenhurst M.D. was one of two physicians in the nation to be chosen this year by the International Spine Intervention Society as a...