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Dr. Anthony Clavo Offers More Than Pain Management in Arlington, TX

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Dr. Anthony Clavo treats the most complex pain and orthopedic cases with a variety of modalities in our Arlington, TX location.

He is known for listening to his patients as carefully as he reads their charts. “I enjoy the one-on-one interaction with patients and offering them a variety of treatment options,” he says.

A graduate of Xavier University in Louisiana with a degree in Pharmacy, he earned his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville. This was followed by an internship at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas and a residency in anesthesiology and pain management at the University of Texas Southwestern and Parkland Hospital. He went on to pursue a fellowship in acute and chronic pain management from the University of Washington in Seattle.

His interventional pain management specialties range from laser procedures to stem cell and regenerative medicine treatments.

 

Dr. Clavo is also trained in performing laser spine procedures for chronic pain relief.

Licensed in pain management and anesthesiology Dr. Clavo earns high marks as a physician from his patients. Take a look at his healthgrades report.

Dr Anthony Clavo Healthgrades

Dr. Anthony Clavo -Healthgrades

These impressive scores stem not only from his expertise, but his gentle way with chronic pain patients.

Patient T.S.: “I found him to be very thorough and he explained what my options were for treatment. He also did an injection on my shoulder and so far this has been more effective than other injection that I have received by other doctors.”

Patient B.D.: “Dr Clavo listens to my situation and offers concern for my condition.”

Patient S.T.: “The doctor was very professional and very sympathetic, too. If I could give them 10 stars, I would.”

He is proud to practice interventional pain management in Arlington, instead of masking symptoms with addictive opioid medication.

He accepts Medicare and most insurance, and warmly welcomes patients to schedule a same-day appointment. Click here or call 817-784-PPOA (7762)

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Now Available: Laser Spine Procedures in Arlington, TX

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Laser spine procedures offer minimally invasive pain relief

Dr. Anthony Clavo specializes in multi-modal treatment of neck and back pain, musculoskeletal and neurological disorders, and regenerative medicine in the PPOA Arlington, Texas location.

Licensed in Pain Management and Anesthesiology, Dr. Clavo actually started his career as a pharmacist. He later found his calling in helping people out of pain and earned his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville.

This was followed by an internship at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas and a residency in Anesthesiology and Pain Management at the University of Texas Southwestern and Parkland Hospital. He then pursued a fellowship in Acute and Chronic Pain Management from the University of Washington in Seattle.

Dr. Clavo embraces the latest healthcare technology in his practice, which now includes laser-assisted spine procedures for chronic spine pain.

Dr. Anthony Clavo offers laser spine procedures in Arlington, TX

The Holmium YAG laser is the latest tool used by Physician Partners of America to relieve neck and back pain without opioids. It precisely targets and ablates pain-causing nerves that exit the spine.

Watch below to see how laser spine procedures work for facet joint disease.

The incision is usually no larger than a grain of rice: the muscles surrounding the spine are gently spread apart just a few millimeters, not cut or torn as they are during open surgery. That means patients walk out of the care center and recover in days or weeks instead of months. For the vast majority of patients, the original pain is gone.

Dr. Clavo performs this procedure for two common spine pain conditions: arthritis of the spine and facet disease.  His office accepts most insurance and Medicare, so the procedures are more affordable for more people.

Learn how laser spine procedures in Arlington, TX can ease your pain without open-back surgery! Make an appointment with Dr. Clavo today at ppoaarlington.com or call 817-784-PPOA (7762).

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Anthony Clavo, M.D. Joins PPOA Arlington, Texas Location

Physician Partners of America announces that Dr. Anthony Clavo , an interventional pain management specialist, has joined its Arlington, Texas interventional pain management practice. Among his areas of expertise are treating the most complex pain and orthopedic cases with a variety of modalities including stem cells.

Dr. Clavo is licensed in Pain Management and Anesthesiology, as well as certified in stem cell and regenerative medicine. He will share the office at 400 W. Arbrook Blvd. Suite #120, Arlington, TX 76014 with Dr. Lakiesha Crawford.

He earned his undergraduate degree in Pharmacy from Xavier University in Louisiana and his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville. This was followed by an internship at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas and a residency in Anesthesiology and Pain Management at the University of Texas Southwestern and parkland Hospital. He then pursued a fellowship in Acute and Chronic Pain Management from the University of Washington in Seattle.

He started his career as a registered pharmacist but turned to anesthesiology. “It’s essentially applying pharmacology to my patients and observing its benefits in the operating room,” Dr. Clavo says.

From there, he expanded his skillset into pain medicine. “I enjoy the one-on-one interaction with patients and offering them a variety of treatment options, most currently through stem cell therapy. It is the future of medicine,” he says.

A native of New Orleans, Dr. Clavo spent most of his career in Atlanta, founding his own pain management clinic, Southern Spine and Pain Institute. He went on to work with Ortho Spine and Surgery of Atlanta. There he served as lead physician in the company’s interventional spine, orthopedic stem cell, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine divisions at several locations.

Dr. Anthony Clavo is a member of the American Medical Association, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity.

The father of two grown children, Anthony Jr. and Delaney, Dr. Clavo considers himself a foodie who also enjoys golfing, theater and current events.

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Dr. Rodolfo Gari Talks About Pinched Nerves, Back Pain and Exercises to Help

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Cindy: Everyone experiences back pain at some point in their life, whether it be strained muscles, a pinched nerve, or something much more serious. Dr. Rudy Gari from Florida Pain Relief joins us now to talk about why it happens and what we can do to stop it. Hi, Dr. Gari.

Dr. Gari: Hi Cindy, how are you?

Cindy: I’m well and thankfully pain-free right now, but I’ve had back pain and I think everybody that’s watching right now at some point in their lives has had it if they’re not having it right now. What can we do, first of all, to prevent this back pain?

Dr. Gari: Well the first thing that you can do is to make sure that your core muscles are intact. One of the biggest reasons for problems with back pain is that as we get older, our muscles and our core tends to loosen up, and those are really the protectors, and when they loosen up, it gets everything else loose and allows you to maybe twist the wrong way for you to get hurt.

Cindy: Yeah, I’ve done that.

Dr. Gari: Yeah.

Cindy: What about pinched nerves? We hear about that a lot. What can your organization do to help people who have pinched a nerve in their back?

Dr. Gari: A pinched nerve is actually a nerve that’s inflamed. What we can do is first identify exactly which nerve it is. Then if it doesn’t go away with typical physical therapy, medication, and so forth, very mild, we can go ahead and put some medication right exactly into that nerve with a very local anesthetic and something to take away the inflammation. If we take the inflammation, that pain goes away.

Cindy: Because a lot of times when people have back pain, it prevents them from doing any kind of activity, and then that’s a ripple effect for their whole health, isn’t it?

Dr. Gari: Absolutely, because if you think about it, your back is the core of your locomotion. You can’t walk, you can’t do anything, you can’t bend. It’s debilitating.

Cindy: Yeah, it can affect every aspect of your life.

Dr. Gari: Absolutely.

Cindy: What’s the most common back pain people come in complaining of?

Dr. Gari: The most common that we see is either some sort of a strain, or it’s some sort of a herniated disk, which is actually where your spine consists of the 31 different vertebrae, like bones, that hold us up, and there are these little shock absorbers in between. That little shock absorber gel, if it protrudes out it can hit a nerve, cause inflammation, and that can be very debilitating.

Cindy: What’s the option for somebody with a herniated disk? My mom had that.

Dr. Gari: Yeah, the option is to see if it goes away with physical therapy and just rest. If it doesn’t, then before you go and get operated, we can go in right like we talked about earlier, go in and take care of that inflamed nerve. It’s an outpatient procedure.

Cindy: Great.

Dr. Gari: Take away and reduce the inflammation, allow you to get back on your feet again, and eventually that inflammation goes away so that we can try to avoid you from getting surgery.

Cindy: Isn’t that nice? A lot of people will be happy to hear about that. What can people do at home and how can exercise play a role in really protecting our backs and preventing damage?

Dr. Gari: The exercise that you can do is, again, core exercises, especially your abdominal area. Want to make sure that you find ways not to have more extra pounds than you need to. You have to be careful with your exercises because you don’t want to hurt yourself either.

Cindy: Right.

Dr. Gari: But anything that strengthens your abdominal area and your back muscles, that’s the first line of defense before it ends up hitting your spine, which is where some of the problems tend to occur.

Cindy: What about yoga and Pilates? Do you think those are good?

Dr. Gari: Those are very good, absolutely. Stretching, and that all causes a lot of core exercises, yoga and Pilates. They’re very good. In fact, Pilates was actually started by a doctor, Dr. Pilate.

Cindy: Yes, of course.

Dr. Gari: Yes, and Dr. Pilate started this Pilates exercises because he suffers from back pain.

Cindy: See?

Dr. Gari: And he wanted to actually find some exercises where he could actually treat himself, and he treated himself with Pilate exercises.

Cindy: All right, well Dr. Gari, thank you very much. For relief of any kind of pain, you can make the same day appointment today at Florida Pain Relief. Be sure to visit their website, FloridaPainRelief.com, or give them a call. 844-KICK-PAIN. We’ll be right back.

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