Laxmaiah Manchikanti M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
2831 Lone Oak Rd Paducah KY, 42003About
Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti practices Pain Medicine in Paducah, KY. 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. Manchikanti 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
Gandhi Medical College M.D. 1973
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Awards
- Patients' Choice Award 2012, 2014-15, 2018 Vitals
- Top 10 Doctor 2014 State
- Compassionate Doctor Recognition 2018 Vitals
Treatments
- Epidural Injections
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Facet Joint Blocks
- Sympathetic Blocks
- Sacroiliac Joint Injections
- Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- Discography
- Adhesiolysis or Scar Tissue Procedure
- Transforaminal Epidural Blocks
- Interventional Techniques
- Intradiscal Thermal Therapy
Professional Memberships
- Professional Member American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
- Professional Member State Societies of Interventional Pain Physicians
- Professional Member American Medical Association
- Professional Member World Institute of Pain
- Board Certified American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians
- Board Certified American Board of Pain Medicine
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