One Brooklyn Health is the NYS Department of Health-approved co-operator of Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Interfaith Medical Center, and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center. All three medical centers have long, historical ties to their communities. We aim to preserve and enhance access to healthcare services in Brooklyn by merging the separate hospitals and their governed affiliates into a sustainable, quality integrated health system.

Patients suffering from acute and chronic painful conditions can take advantage of a comprehensive approach to treating pain, from a conservative to a more advanced interventional approach including injections or spinal cord stimulators. While being aware that pain may not always be cured despite the best available treatment, the ultimate goal of our practice is to work together with the patient to tailor an effective treatment plan to manage pain, restore function and improve quality of life.

Whether you are recovering from a medical, cancer, neurologic, cardiac, vascular, pulmonary and/or orthopedic ailment or surgery, our physical rehabilitation facilities will help get you moving as quickly and safely as possible so you can feel your best. We also provide outpatient rehabilitation services at our Kingsbrook Rehabilitation Center and inpatient services at Brookdale and Interfaith Hospitals, which offers programs to support patients and their caretakers.

Attendance to any of our specialized areas requires a physician generated referral or prescription.

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About Our Clinics:

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) Clinic:(Kingsbrook, Brookdale, Interfaith)

Our clinics are designed to evaluate and treat patients with a host of medical conditions both congenital and acquired. Such medical conditions include stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, rheumatologic disorders, degenerative disorders, musculoskeletal, neuromuscular disorders, movement disorders to name a few. Whether the patient is 18 or 80, we provide one-on-one care for our patient population.

Pain Management Clinic: (Kingsbrook)

For patients suffering from acute and chronic painful conditions like head and neck pain, back pain, herniated disc, myofascial pain syndrome, complex pain syndrome, failed back surgery syndrome, radiculopathy, facet related pain, fibromyalgia and more, are treated here in the clinic. We offer non-surgical approach to pain management such as epidural steroid injection, nerve ablation, spinal cord stimulation, joint injections, and nerve blocks. Medication is also used to obtain relief, as well as treatment modalities from our licensed Physical and Occupational Therapy staff.

Wheelchair Clinic:(Kingsbrook)

We recognize the need to ensure that patients remain mobile at home and active within their communities to prevent further health-related complications. Patients are evaluated utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach to determine the individual’s wheelchair seating and positioning needs. Our team consists of Physicians, Adaptive Technology Professionals, and Occupational Therapists to assess for candidacy and proper fit of medically necessary manual or power wheelchair.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation services:

Physical Therapy:(Brookdale, Kingsbrook & Interfaith)

The goals of physical therapy are to relieve pain, to prevent progression of functional limitation and disability resulting from injury or disease, to regain movement, and to help people achieve an optimum level of functioning and safe mobility. Our experienced therapists work with the patient one to one to improve strength, balance, coordination, range of motion, gait, or stair navigation. Therapists treat a variety of conditions from sports injury, arthritis, back pain, post operative orthopedic procedures, and much more.

Occupational Therapy:(Brookdale & Kingsbrook)

Our experienced therapists utilize a client-centered approach to evaluate and treat people who are having difficulty with performance of their activities of daily living (ADL), with various neuromuscular, orthopedic, and cardiopulmonary conditions. Patients receive skilled services that help each individual overcome physical limitations, cognitive-perceptual deficits, and psychosocial barriers that may impede the performance of meaningful daily care routines, home management needs, educational/recreational interests, and/or job roles. Interventions include restorative, adaptive, compensatory techniques that meet each patient's goals to achieve maximum daily living skills, independence and community integration.

Speech Language Pathology:(Kingsbrook)

Our experienced Speech Language Pathologists diagnose and treat speech, language, voice, cognition, and swallowing disorders. They provide one to one therapy for adults of various diagnoses including pulmonary and autoimmune diseases, in order to optimize communication, cognitive and swallow function.

Special Services Offered 

Orthotics & Prosthetics (Kingsbrook)

The clinic examines each patient’s specific needs comprehensively, in order to provide devices that accommodate a variety of musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, and congenital deformities. Our staff consisting of highly skilled doctors of physical medicine and rehabilitation, in conjunction with experienced Orthotists and Prosthetists, work with patients who require customized fitting for upper and lower extremity splints, back braces, and prosthetic limbs. Interventions target the prevention of further complications, as well as afford increased body support and joint protection, which ultimately translates to the improvement of patients' functional mobility.

EMG/NCS (Kingsbrook)

This test can be performed if you have symptoms such as numbness, tingling, weakness, cramping, pain or other loss of function. It can help doctors to find the cause of these symptoms or to diagnose a range of disorders, conditions, and injuries that might be affecting how your nerves and muscles are functioning. The test is also helpful in identifying the source of the pain, whether being an injury closer to the spine, or more to the periphery. It can also tell the difference between muscle weakness caused by the injury of a nerve attached to a muscle, and weakness due to nervous system disorders, such as muscle diseases.

About Pain Management and Integrative Medicine at One Brooklyn Health

One Brooklyn Health’s Pain Management and Rehabilitation Center is part of a well known and one of the oldest Rehabilitation Institutions in the US. Patients suffering from acute and chronic painful conditions can take advantage of a comprehensive approach to treating pain, from a conservative to a more advanced interventional approach including injections or spinal cord stimulators. With Physical/ Occupational Therapy Services our pain management practitioners can treat a wide variety of conditions, including

neck and back pain, cancer pain, joint pain and pain resulting from injuries. While being aware that pain may not always be cured despite the best available treatment, the ultimate goal of our Pain Management practice is to work together with the patient to tailor an effective treatment plan to manage pain, restore function and improve quality of life.

One Brooklyn Health’s Pain Management and Integrative Medicine specialists are trained and skilled to treat a wide spectrum of pain conditions, including the following:

HEAD & NECK PAIN

• Cervical Radiculopathy Spinal nerve root disease resulting in neck pain with radiation to the arms with tingling, numbness and weakness in the hands.
• Cervical Myelopathy. Spinal cord damage may result in neck, shoulder and arm pain, sensory disturbance and weakness.
• Cervicogenic & occipital headache. Headache that usually starts in the back of the neck.
• Migraine Headache. Daily headache, sometimes accompanied by light and sound sensitivity.
• Tension Headache. Constant headache and pressure, especially after a long day of work, linked to stress and neck muscle tension.
• Torticollis. Neck muscle contraction causes the head to turn to one side, resulting in pain and stiffness.
• Trigeminal Neuralgia. Severe, episodic, shock-like pain in one side of the face.

SHOULDER, ARM, ELBOW & HAND PAIN

• Calcific Tendonitis of the Shoulder. Calcium deposits in the tendons of the shoulder, causing painful inflammation and stiffness.
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Compression of a nerve in the wrist, resulting in tingling sensation, numbness or pain in the hand
• Frozen Shoulder. Tightening of the shoulder joint result in shoulder pain and stiffness.
• Golfer's Elbow (Medial Epicondylitis). Pain over the inner elbow caused by overuse injuries.
• Shoulder Impingement. Narrowing of the space between the bony structures of the shoulder leads to painful inflammation of the tendons and bursae.
• Shoulder Sprain. Stretching or partial tearing of the ligaments that stabilize the shoulder, which can cause pain and limitation in the shoulder motion.
• Shoulder Tendinopathy/ Rotator cuff tear. Damage to the tendons of the shoulder causing pain, swelling and weakness of the shoulder.
• Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis). Pain over the outer elbow caused by overuse injuries.
• Wrist Sprain. Stretching or partial tearing of the ligaments that stabilize the wrist, resulting in pain, swelling and limiting motion

CHEST & ABDOMINAL PAIN

• Costochondritis. Pain felt in the chest wall, worse with taking deep breaths in.
• Pelvic Pain. Chronic pain in the lower abdomen, originating from the intestines, bladder, or reproductive organs.
• Post Mastectomy or Thoracotomy Pain. Sharp, shooting, stabbing, or burning pain in the chest or ribs after breast surgery or thoracic surgery.
• Post Hernia Repair Pain. Pain in the lower abdomen after hernia repair.

PAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES & TREATMENTS

One Brooklyn Health’s Pain Management and Integrative Medicine practice offers a wide range of diagnostic services and traditional and complementary therapies which include the following:

• Electrodiagnostic Studies: an electrodiagnostic study is usually a two-step study which includes:

- A Nerve Conduction Study (NCS) - a test which uses small electrical shocks to a particular nerve and recorded by an electrode attached to the skin. It helps the physician to determine the health state of the nerve.

- An Electromyography (EMG) - a test which uses a small needle that is inserted in the muscle to measure and record its electrical activity. It helps the physician to evaluate the condition of muscles, nerves and the connection between the nerves and muscles.

This test can be very helpful in identifying the source of the pain, whether being an injury closer to the spine, or more to the periphery.

• Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine

Our approach to treating pain begins with using a wide variety of conservative and complementary treatment options — including physical and occupational therapy, modalities such as heat, cold, ultrasound and transcutaneous electrical stimulation.

PHYSICAL & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Our experienced therapists on site, work with the patient one to one to improve strength, balance, coordination, range of motion, gait, or stair navigation, and help identify effective ways to perform activities of daily living in the setting of the patient’s physical limitations and tolerance.

• Interventional Pain Procedures Under Ultrasound or X-Ray Guidance

There are a myriad of interventional procedures used to treat pain conditions. Many of these techniques are performed under Ultrasound or X-Ray guidance, which helps the physician deliver the therapy to the exact source of the pain.

Our Pain Management and Integrative Medicine practice is pleased to provide a range of interventional treatments, including the following.

MEDIAL BRANCH BLOCKS / FACET JOIN INJECTIONS

Medial Branch Blocks and Facet Joint Injections are minimally invasive procedures performed via X-Ray guidance used to diagnose and treat pain from the small joints of the spine (facet joints). When these joints are affected by acute injuries or by chronic conditions such as arthritis, one can experience pain in the neck, upper and lower back or buttocks. By injecting low doses of long-lasting corticosteroids and local anesthetics directly to the source of the pain the discomfort may be alleviated.

These procedures take a few minutes to perform and may be done either under local anesthesia or comfortable sedation.

JOINT INJECTONS (SHOULDER, HIP, KNEE)

Joint injections are minimally invasive procedures performed either via X-Ray or Ultrasound guidance to treat pain from a variety of causes, including osteoarthritis. Medications such as corticosteroids, local anesthetics, or hyaluronan (i.e. Synvisc, Hyalgan, etc.) are injected directly into the joint to provide pain relief.

This office-based procedure takes about 10 minutes to perform.

Brookdale Hospital

One Brookdale Plaza,

3rd Floor, CHC Building, Brooklyn, NY 11212

Phone: 718-240-5995

Fax: 718-240-5408

PM&R / Musculoskeletal @ Brookdale

One Brookdale Plaza,

2nd Floor of CHC, Station S Brooklyn, NY 11212

Phone: 718-240-6469

718-240-8349

Fax: 718-240-5570

Kingsbrook Hospital

585 Schenectady Avenue,

2nd floor, DMRI building,

Brooklyn, NY 11203

Phone: 718-604-5322

Fax: 718-363-6596

Interfaith Hospital

Bishop Walker Clinic

528 Prospect Place,

3rd floor Suite A,

Brooklyn, NY 11238

Phone: 718-613-6903

Fax: 718-228-7064