John Edward Cook M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
600 N Sioux Point Rd North Sioux City SD, 57049About
Dr. John Cook practices Pain Medicine in North Sioux City, SD. 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. Cook 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
Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin M.D. 1978
Provider Details
Awards
- Patients' Choice Award Patients' Choice
Treatments
- Back Pain
- Neck Pain
- Joint Pain
- Headaches
- Fibromyalgia
- Sciatica
- Personal Injuries
- Worker's Comp Injuries
- Pain Evaluation/Consultation
- Evaluation for Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Epidural Steroid Injection
- Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection/ Selective Nerve Root
- Facet Joint/Medial Branch Block
- Sacroiliac Joint Injection
- Sympathetic Blocks
- Lumbar Intercostal Nerve blocks
- Nerve Block
- Joint Injection (Knee, Shoulder, and Hip)
- Trigger Point Injection
- Discography (Lumbar)
- Substance Abuse disorder assessment for Suboxone
- Medication Management
- Chronic Medication Management
Professional Memberships
- Professional Member North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists
- Professional Member American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Diplomate American Academy of Pain Management
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