Goals of Our Treatments
Decrease Pain
Our pain management specialists evaluates your pain and treats a wide range of pain problems and decreases your pain.
Minimize Medication Use
When it comes to pain relief, you may be surprised by what might help you. Our pain management specialists may be able to help reduce pain medication usage.
Improve Quality of Life
The Quality of Life Scale is one tool your doctor uses to help manage your pain. Our pain management physician will improve your quality of life by reducing the pain
Control of pain
This improves how you feel and function physically; an increased ability to function in personal and professional relationships, as well as an improved sense of overall well-being.
Maximize Physical Activity
Our physician helps with the pain that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise.
Care and Support
Our team of specialists can even help your doctor diagnose the cause of your pain.
About Specialists
Thomas J. Hong, DO
Dr. Hong is a specialist in the field of Interventional pain management. He is ABMS (American Board of Medical Specialties) board certified in both Anesthesiology and pain management. He grew up in the DFW area, attending grade school, high school and college locally. He began his medical training in the San Francisco bay area for medical school at Touro University, then traveled to the east coast for residency training in New York City at Maimonides Medical Center.
About Specialists
William Lian, MD
William Lian, MD, is a board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) and interventional pain management specialist. Dr. Lian became a PM&R physician because he genuinely enjoys helping patients improve their function and quality of life.
Dr. Lian attended Texas A&M University, Commerce, for his undergraduate degree. He completed his medical degree and PM&R residency training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Relocating to Phoenix, Arizona, he completed additional fellowship training in Interventional pain management at Desert Spine and Sports physicians. Through his study, Dr. Lian was awarded the Kowalske Outstanding Medical Student in PM&R Award and the Highest UTSW PM&R Resident SAE Score Award.
About Specialists
Lucas Lopez, FNP
Lucas Lopez, is a dedicated Nurse Practitioner specializing in pain management and family practice.
Lucas grew up in west Texas and attended the University of Texas at Arlington where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). Afterwards, he spent 11 years as a registered nurse, gaining valuable clinical experience in emergency medicine. Driven by his desire for advanced practice and greater autonomy in patient care, he decided to pursue his Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). He graduated once again from the University of Texas – Arlington in 2019, and shortly after, obtained his certification as a Nurse Practitioner.
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What We Offer Services
Neck pain
Pain in the neck and shoulder that varies in intensity, and may feel achy or like an electric shock from the neck to the arm.
Lower Back pain
A common, painful condition affecting the lower portion of the spine.
Compression Fracture
A compression fracture is typically caused by a loss of bone mass (osteoporosis) that occurs as part of ageing.
Diagnostic Testing
We can order a series of diagnostic procedures, such as skeletal X-rays, MRI, or CT scans, eliminating any hassle for you. We also have in-house capability to administer Electromyography (EMG) tests and can refer patients to outside resources if necessary.
Acute and Chronic Spine Pain Management
At Pain & Spine Specialists, our specialists collaborate with our spine-focused physical therapists, using exercise as a key component of recovery along with other non-surgical treatment methods.
Procedures
- Trigger Point Injections
- Interscalene and Brachial Plexus Blocks
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Discograph
- DRG Stimulation
- Epidural Steroid Injection
- Epidurolysis
- Facet Joint Injection and Medial Branch Block
- Ganglion Impar Blocks
- Genicular Nerve Blocks
- RF Neurotomy of Knee Joint
- Hypogastric Plexus Blocks
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulators
- Sacroiliac Joint Fusions
- Intercostal Nerve Root Block
- Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy
- Intravenous Regional Sympathetic Block
- Lumbar Sympathetic Block
- Neurolytic Block
- Occipital Nerve Block
- Percutaneous Discectomy
- Peripheral Nerve Blocks
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection
- Spinal Cord Stimulators (SCS)
- Stellate Ganglion Block
Reach out with any questions you have
- 120 N. Miller Rd. #300 Mansfield, TX 76063
- 3016 Communications Pkwy #100 Plano, TX 75063
- (817) 313 – 6313
- (833) 637 – 1623
- staff@improvingpain.com
‘Top Doc’ and named ‘Best of’ in Pain Management for 2019 and 2020.
No matter what type of pain you’re experiencing, Dr. Hong can help.
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Board Certifications
Is your doctor board certified?
IS YOUR DOCTOR BOARD CERTIFIED?
Why is it important to have an accredited, fellowship trained, board certified pain management physician?
It is important that your doctor is board certified in the field of medicine he/she is practicing in to ensure that you are getting the best and appropriate medical care.
Doctors spend anywhere from three to eight years in a residency training program where they receive extensive training of a specific area of medicine in which they wish to practice. After completion of the program and passing general certification testing, they are then fully licensed to practice medicine. Some physicians choose to continue their education going through a fellowship program to develop additional skills and obtain subspecialty board certifications. This will ultimately allow the doctor to provide better care to their patients. Fellowship programs usually last one to two years and provide advanced training in an area of medicine more specific than the initial medical residency. The doctor then receives subspecialty board certification, indicating that the individual has gone above and beyond the basic medical requirements, and is allowed to practice without direct supervision in the specific medical field.
You can verify that your doctor is board certified by checking the American Board of Medical Specialties website (https://www.abms.org/verify-certification/). This is the gold standard and the only governing medical board for board certification in the United States for all medical specialties.