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St. Luke's Pain Center

Enjoy the Simpler Things - Pain-Free

Nothing kills the enjoyment of life more than chronic pain. But you need not live that way.

48 Hospital Drive, Suite 2A • Columbus, NC 28722
Office: 828-894-0978 • Fax: 828-894-0982

Our team of pain specialists at St. Luke's Pain Center delivers the most innovative pain treatment options available today. We offer interventional pain therapies without high-dose opioids using a multidisciplinary and ethical approach.

Steven Punzell, MD
Colin Mychak, DO

Accepting New Patients

Chronic pain can make your daily routines next to impossible. It's complicated and often debilitating, but our pain management specialists offer the most advanced treatment options. We practice ethical pain management with a straightforward goal: to restore your quality of life.

What can you expect from us?

Individualized attention with ethical care is our standard. In addition, to ensure your safety while at our practice, we follow guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

What conditions do we treat?

• Acute and chronic pain of varied causes
• Arthritic pain
• Cancer pain management
• Chronic neck pain
• Chronic low back pain
• Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
• Degenerative disc disease
• Facet joint arthropathy
• Failed back syndrome
• Headaches and migraines
• Herniated discs
• Neuropathic pain
• Occipital neuralgia
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Post-herpetic neuralgia (shingles)
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• Spinal stenosis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ)
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Vertebral compression fractures

What treatment options are available?

• Epidural steroid injections
• Epidural steroid injections
• Nerve blocks
• Trigger point injections
• Radiofrequency lesioning
• Pain control medications, both non-narcotic and narcotic
• Vertebroplasty
• Kyphoplasty
• MILD procedure
• Iovera
• Minuteman
• Osteocool
• SI Stabilization

Conveniently located on the campus of:

St. Luke's Hospital
48 Hospital Drive, Suite 2A
Columbus, NC 28722

To schedule an appointment, please call 828-894-0978.