Numerous studies have characterized the impairment, distress, and adverse impact of pain across multiple domains of function and quality of life. Timely diagnosis and targeted treatment strategies based on comprehensive, ongoing care are therefore critically important to achieving realistic treatment goals.

Dr. Douglas Schottenstein discusses the recent medical emergency experienced by CBS Reporter Serene Branson, while she was broadcasting live at the Grammy’s.  Dr. Schottenstein, double board certified in Neurology and Pain Management, explains some of the possible causes of the medical phenomenon.

Chapter 8: Interventional Strategies for Chronic Low Back Pain

Chronic pain is a disease of the central and peripheral nervous systems with unpleasant, recurring, and often debilitating consequences. An inherently labile and subjective experience, chronic pain has two components: persistent pain and breakthrough pain (BTP).

Dr. Douglas Schottenstein, a board-certified neurologist and board-certified pain management specialist, told The Post yesterday he was trained by Dr. Wehling and is one of three doctors in the U.S. who does the procedure. In the U.S., the therapy is known as Regenokine. Schottenstein does the therapy actively and said he has performed nearly 50 procedures.

ABC News: Fighting Back, A New Treatment Could Bring Relief to back Pain Sufferers

An estimated 26 million Americans suffer from chronic back pain. It has been estimated that back pain drains $100 billion a year from the U.S. economy in lost work days and diminished productivity, though I suppose those figures may be slightly counterbalanced by all the money sufferers pour into analgesics, medications and treatments. Click here to read more...

SAN ANTONIO -- Fred Couples ran away with the Champions Tour's AT&T Championship, shooting a bogey-free 6-under 66 on Sunday for a seven-stroke victory -- the largest margin on the 50-and-over tour this year. Couples opened with rounds of 65 and 62 and finished at 23 under on TPC San Antonio's Canyons Course. He won for the second time this season and sixth time in two seasons on the tour.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant underwent an experimental but increasingly popular procedure last month in Germany in an attempt to help heal his oft-injured right knee, a source confirmed to ESPNLosAngeles.com Thursday night. (The treatment referenced in this article is the Regenokine Treatment®, now offered at NY Spine Medicine)

After ages of agony, Fred Couples today can parlay his victory over chronic back pain into triumph on the course again. Couples brings a one-shot lead over John Cook and Peter Senior into today's final round of the Senior Players Championship at Westchester CC. The field will attempt to beat threatening weather by starting from the first and 10th tees between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.

HARRISON, N.Y. -- Fred Couples is back at Westchester Country Club for this week's Constellation Energy Senior PLAYERS Championship and that's a positive on two fronts. It means Couples' back is feeling better these days, always a good thing. And it means he's playing one of his favorite courses.

According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common join disorder, and is characterized by a breakdown of cartilage in the body.

SNOQUALMIE – An American in peril, Fred Couples wasn’t expecting to be treated like a king when he walked into a Dusseldorf, Germany, medical clinic earlier this summer. Clinics being clinics, Couples had to know the German version of such wouldn’t include a waiting room where patients clink beer steins while singing the chorus of “Edelweiss.” (The treatment referenced in this article is the Regenokine Treatment®, now offered at NY Spine Medicine).

Los Angeles – The famous shooting guard of LA Lakers Kobe Bryant underwent a knee procedure in Germany. The procedure was performed to strengthen the basketball player’s arthritic right knee. (The treatment referenced in this article is the Regenokine Treatment®, now offered at NY Spine Medicine).

Until he actually tests it throughout the NBA season, there's no real answer to the questions about how well will Kobe Bryant's surgically repaired right knee hold up. For the time being, however, there are several signs suggesting that Bryant's knee will fare better than the last two seasons.

Kobe Bryant's $3 million possible deal to play 10 games in Italy during the NBA lockout was aided by a former physician to Pope John Paul II who treated the Lakers star this summer with a pioneering blood treatment. (The treatment referenced in this article is the Regenokine Treatment®, now offered at NY Spine Medicine)

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Gold legend Fred Couples, who won the prestigious PGA Senior Players Championship on Sunday, despite being sidelined on-and-off for the past five years with a debilitating arthritic back condition, revealed that the secret to his success was a little known anti-inflammatory treatment program for chronic joint and arthritic pain conditions called Regenokine, previously available only in Germany. (The treatment referenced in this article is the Regenokine Treatment®, now offered at NY Spine Medicine)

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. - Vijay Singh has not won a golf tournament since capturing the 2008 Deutsche Bank Championship. Singh has been dealing with numerous injuries, including his right knee, which required arthroscopic surgery in January 2009. (The treatment referenced in this article is the Regenokine Treatment®, now offered at NY Spine Medicine)

Associated Press, NORTON, Mass. -- Vijay Singh was an afterthought following the PGA Championship. Not only was he in the middle of the pack in the FedExCup, he was 16th in the Presidents Cup standings and likely to miss the matches for the first time in its history, dating to 1994. (The treatment referenced in this article is the Regenokine Treatment®, now offered at NY Spine Medicine)

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant underwent an experimental but increasingly popular procedure last month in Germany in an attempt to help heal his oft-injured right knee, a source confirmed to ESPNLosAngeles.com Thursday night. (The treatment referenced in this article is the Regenokine Treatment®, now offered at NY Spine Medicine)

Making the most of modern medicine, Fred Couples went from over-and-out to the rejuvenated winner of his first senior major in the space of six weeks. Couples' victory yesterday over hard-luck John Cook on their third playoff hole at the Senior Players Championship at Westchester Country Club signaled a triumph of overseas science and the revival of his career.