Dr. Stuart Krost | Leads pack in Pain Management Care St. Lucie County/Port Saint Lucie Florida Number 1 Rated 25 years Experience

Dr. Stuart Krost | Leads pack in Pain Management Care St. Lucie County/Port Saint Lucie
Florida Number 1 Rated 25 years Experience
1888 PressRelease ­ Dr. Krost runs his own practice and is a dedicated Medical Doctor. He is board certified by the
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Patients visit him for a variety of reasons including,
spondylolysis, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), spasticity, fibromyalgia, and chronic pain.
Port St. Lucie­Fort Pierce, FL ­ Dr. Stuart B Krost is Board Certified in the following:
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Acute & chronic pain management
Sports medicine
State­of­the­art physical therapy
Headaches
Neck & back pain
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Myofascial pain and fibromyalgia
Work and auto­related injuries
Disability assessment
TRIGGER POINT INJECTIONS
Trigger point injections are injections to the muscle belly. Injections are aimed at taut bands or areas of spasm
within the muscle belly. Taut bands can be painful and the underlying cause of pain generation. Trigger point
injections are diagnostic and therapeutic. If there is significant relief after trigger point injections, certainly one
can consider that the muscle spasm is a pain generator. The injection consists of anesthetic as well as
antiinflammatory medication.
EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION
Epidural steroid injections are a procedure to place medication both antiinflammatory as well as anesthetic in
the epidural space. The epidural space is located within the spine around the spinal cord and nerve roots. The
goal of epidural injections is diagnostic and therapeutic. Epidural injections can relieve pain that is generating
from disc herniations as well as irritated or pinched nerve roots. These procedures are performed under
fluoroscopic guidance.
FACET BLOCK
Facet blocks are performed under fluoroscopic guidance and can be diagnostic and therapeutic. Injections are
performed at the facet joint or the medial branch nerve. Improvement after this type of injection would be
diagnostic for facet joint related pain.
FACET RHIZOTOMY

Facet rhizotomy is a long acting facet block either done chemically or with thermal heat. This procedure is
indicated if the patient does receive benefits from the facet block, however does not offer prolonged relief.
STELLATE BLOCK
This procedure is done in the neck, anesthetic blockade is performed at the stellate ganglion. The goal of this
procedure is for blockade of the sympathetic chain. This is diagnostic and therapeutic for evaluation and
treatment of RSD.
LUMBAR SYMPATHETIC BLOCK
Lumbar sympathetic block is performed about the lumbar area. The goal of this procedure is for blockade of the
sympathetic chain. This would be diagnostic and therapeutic for evaluation and treatment of RSD.
DISCOGRAM
A discogram was performed for diagnostic purposes to identify pain if a pathologic disc is acting as a pain
generator.
IDET PROCEDURE
An IDET procedure is a procedure done for a pathologic disc usually with annular tear that has been identified
as a pain generator. The goal of procedure is to destroy sensory nerve endings that are transmitting painful
signal. The ultimate goal is to relieve pain from discogenic pathology.
PERCUTANEOUS DISCECTOMY
This is a minimally invasive procedure for treatment of a herniated disc. This is a procedure that could be done
in an outpatient setting under fluoroscopic guidance to remove herniated disc material. The ultimate goal is to
relieve pressure on the exiting nerve root as well as relieve pain.
BOTOX INJECTIONS
Botox is a long acting treatment for muscular pain. Botox acts locally at the injection site to relieve muscle
spasm and to relieve pain. Benefits of this can last up to three to six months. This is also used for intractable
headaches that do not respond to more conservative measures.
OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK
Occipital nerve is located in the back of the neck at the junction of the head. Occipital entrapments can occur
with underlying spasm commonly causing occipital headaches. This can subsequently produce symptoms
radiating to the top of the head as well as in back of the eyes. Occipital blocks can be diagnostic and therapeutic
for occipital neuralgia/occipital headaches.
ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC TESTING
Electrodiagnostic studies are a diagnostic procedure to assess underlying neuropathic problems. EMG/NCS can
be diagnostic for cervical or lumbar radiculopathy/pinched nerve, neuropathy or distal nerve entrapment such as
carpal tunnel syndrome. EMG/NCS can be helpful in determining acute versus chronic conditions and identify
neuropathic recovery. EMG/NCS are commonly used in conjunction with MRIs to correlate anatomical findings

and neuropathic function.
PHYSICAL THERAPY
Physical therapy combines passive and active treatment. Passive treatments include moist head pad, ice packs for
analgesia; Ultrasound treatment for production of heat at the muscle bone interphase and stimulate blood flow;
Electrostimulation to improve blood flow as well as muscle relaxation and analgesia; Massage treatment for
muscle relaxation as well as analgesia to increase extensibility of soft tissue. Active treatments include exercising
and stretching as well as cardiovascular treatment to improve strength, range of motion as well as endurance.
Physical therapy is a treatment as well as an education and experience to learn how to do things on your own
and eventually be progressed to a home exercise program
LIFE CARE PLANNING
Future care needs and life care planning are based on physical impairments as well as functional disabilities.
This plan can outline what a patient will need in the future in terms of active and passive treatments, durable
medical equipments, medical care medication as well as interventional injections and surgery. Costs can be
included in a life care plan.
DISABILITY EVALUATION
A physiatrist/physical medicine rehabilitation specialist is a specialty of identifying physical impairments and
how those physical impairments result in physical disabilities and subsequent handicap. A physical medicine
rehabilitation specialist specializes in the neuromuscular and skeletal system to identify physical impairments
and functional disabilities. A disability evaluation may lead to conclusions of physical restrictions as well as
compensatory strategies to maximize functional independence.
SPHENOPALATINE GANGLION BLOCK
A sphenopalatine ganglion block (SPG) is performed with a cotton tip probe with saturation of anesthetic at the
SPG ganglion, which is located in the posterior aspect of the nose. This procedure is commonly used in relieving
headaches as well as an adjuvant for pain management.
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY EVALUATION
Functional capacity evaluation is an assessment of physical function to identify physical capacity within safe
parameters to prevent injury.
EPIDURAL LYSIS OF ADHESIONS
Epidural lysis of adhesions indicated typically in a postoperative patient who has epidural scarring formation.
Epidural scarring can cause irritation, inflammation and swelling around the nerve roots. Epidural lysis of
adhesions are performed to breakup scar tissue and relieve irritative focus of nerve
When managing the patient with opioids, it is important to establish the differences among physical
dependence, tolerance and addiction.
The American Society of Addiction Medicine as well as the American Pain Society and American Academy of

Pain Management define physical dependence as a state of adaption that is manifested by a drug class for which
specific withdrawal syndrome can be produced by abrupt cessation, rapid dose reduction, decreasing blood
levels of the drug, and/or administration of an antagonist. Tolerance, however, refers to a state of adaption in
which exposure to a drug induces changes that result in diminution of one or more of the drug effects over time.
Neither dependence or tolerance in and of itself is indicative of addiction. Addiction is defined by the American
Academy of Pain Management and American Pain Society as well as the American Society of Addiction Medicine
as a primary chronic, neurobiological disease, with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing
its development and manifestations. It is characterized by behaviors that include one or more of the following:
Impaired control over drug use, compulsive use, continued use despite harm, and cravings. Abuse, however, is
generally characterized by conscious, often psychosocial motivated use of illicit substances and medication
outside the scope of usual medical practices, but the patient has the ability to stop the drug when harmed.
Addicts, however, cannot stop use despite harm. The majority of legitimate pain patients do not develop an
addiction to their analgesic medication. There is a biological normal phenomenon to develop issues related to
tolerance and dependence. It is the physician’s responsibility to address issues related to tolerance and
dependence by monitoring patients carefully on a regular basis and adjust medication accordingly to avoid
sequelae of tolerance as well as dependence. Dictated but not proof read.
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