Clinical Expertise

As Dr. Michael A. Fishman, MD, believes, pain care is an art form. It goes beyond medications. Dr. Fishman leverages his clinical expertise alongside physical, psychological, and other holistic elements to create personalized treatment plans for lasting pain relief. This masterful approach ensures you receive the most comprehensive and effective pain management possible.

Independent Medical Exams

Insurances We Accept

Aetna (if it is the PEBTF HMO plan, you must have an insurance referral from their PCP)
Captial Blue Cross
Cigna
Geisinger and Geisinger Gold (Medicare Advantage plan)
Highmark
Highmark Wholecare (previoulsy Gateway) and their Medicare Advantage plan
Humana/Tricare
Medicare
Railroad Medicare
UPMC and UPMC for Life
Wellspan/South Central Preferred

United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO and Humana Advantage PPO (PPO not HMO)

services by pain area

  • Head/face
  • Shoulder/arms
  • Leg/foot
  • Spine
  • Neck (cervical)
  • Mid Back (thoracic)
  • Low Back (lumbosacral)
  • Pelvis/groin
  • Hip Joint
  • Knee Joint
  • Shoulder Joint

services by condition

  • Weak stabilizer muscles (Multifidus atrophy)
  • Degenerative spine disease
  • Vertebrogenic pain
  • Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
  • Pinched spinal nerve
  • Peripheral nerve injury
  • Chronic Post-Surgical Pain (CPSP)
  • Whiplash-Associated Disorder
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS Types I and II)
  • Compression Fractures
  • Arachnoiditis
  • Painful diabetic neuropathy
  • Inflammatory conditions (Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, ankylosing spondylitis)
  • Cervicogenic Headache
  • Occipital Neuralgia
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • Cerebrospinal fluid leak
  • Long COVID
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

services by treatment

  • Epidural Steroid Injection
  • Selective Nerve Root Block
  • Medial Branch Block
  • Medial Branch Ablation
  • Restorative Stimulation
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation
  • Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
  • Sacral Nerve Stimulation
  • Vertebral augmentation
  • Basivertebral nerve ablation
  • Sacroiliac Joint Treatments
  • Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression
  • Interspinous Lumbar Fusion
  • Lumbar Sympathetic Block
  • Stellate Ganglion Block
  • Pudendal nerve block
  • Occipital nerve block
  • Cluneal Nerve Block
  • Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block
  • Joint pain treatments
  • Carpal tunnel injection
  • Trigger point injections
  • Botox