Pinnacle Pain Management Announces Certification by State of Tennessee Department of Health

UNION CITY, Tenn. - March 19, 2013 - PRLog -- Union City, TN…Pinnacle Pain Management is the only certified and legitimate pain management clinic in Northwest Tennessee. The clinic opened in October 2011 with the goal of providing a resource for patients with acute or chronic pain.  Many patients suffer from intractable pain that requires a long term approach to pain management. This can be caused by a variety of ailments including cancer, back surgery, degenerative arthritis, herniated discs, headaches or other conditions.

Pinnacle Pain Management is now certified by the State of Tennessee and qualified to provide an expanded range of comprehensive pain management services that are not provided elsewhere in Northwest TN including: including: peripheral nerve blocks, diagnostic selective nerve root blocks and epidural steroid blocks, facet injections and myofascial trigger point treatment. Pinnacle Pain Management provides treatment for all types of musculoskeletal, spinal and nerve related pain.

“Pinnacle takes a responsible team approach to care,” says, medical director, Dr. Henry Babenco-M.D . “We work directly with patients and their primary care physicians or other specialists to develop a responsible pain management plan that offers the best potential for relief while minimizing the potential risk for substance abuse. Our goal is to help patients return to their highest potential of health and function.”

Pinnacle is the only pain management clinic in the greater NW region of Tennessee with an anesthesiologist as the center’s medical director; allowing more advanced treatments on-site such as epidural injections and nerve blocks. Joining Dr. Babenco on staff at Pinnacle is a State of Tennessee board certified Physician Assistant, Sue Dierkes-PA-C, Allison Vallee, RN, X-Ray Technician, Carrie Scronce, and Office Manager, Amanda Norton.

The clinic offers the most sophisticated medical diagnostic testing and treatments, and prefers to work with the patient’s primary care physician and other specialists- massage therapists, physical therapists and doctors specializing in spinal rehabilitation to foster a state of health and well-being.

Pinnacle Pain Management is located at 700 Sherrill Street, Ste. B, Union City, TN in offices located behind E.W. James on Reelfoot Avenue. The clinic is seeing new patients and is open Monday –Thursday from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  

For more information about Pinnacle Pain Management, contact Leslie Allen, PR Manager at 615-378-1198, or by email at lallen@themarxgrp.com.