by Darren McCoy, FNP-BC, CPE In late June, a report in Bloomberg Businessweek highlighted the work of researchers at Centrexion, whose work includes trying to develop non-opioid analgesics based on capsaicin (the "hot" chemical in pepper plants). While the focus of the Bloomberg article was on the potential value of such non-opioid treatments, the article also brought [...]
Ted Jones, PhD from the Behavioral Medicine Institute at Pain Consultants of East Tennessee, recently provided his thoughts about the use of virtual reality software to combat chronic pain in a MedScape.com article entitled "Virtual Reality "Ventures Into Real World of Chronic Pain". Here is a portion of that article: "Virtual reality (VR), already shown to [...]
Dr. James Choo, Medical Director of the PCET Surgery and Research Center, served on a community health forum panel on May 25, 2016. The forum brought together more than 200 area physicians, business owners, and non-profit organizations to talk about ways to improve health throughout the community. The goal is to help community residents to improve [...]
Dr. James Choo was recently named a "Top Doc" in CityView Magazine. The list, published annually, is voted on by peers. This is Dr. Choo's 5th consecutive placement on the list. Dr. Choo said he was honored by the recognition. "Being recognized by your peers for the work we do with our patients each and [...]
Dr. James Choo was recently invited to speak to the 2016 Spring Worker’s Compensation Conference, which was organized by Outpatient Diagnostic Center of Knoxville. Choo presented on non-opioid management for the chronic pain patient. Choo continues to educate other health care practitioners and the community at-large about the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach to treating chronic pain. [...]
In the fall of 2015, Pain Consultants of East Tennessee was fortunate enough to coordinate research with Dr. Eric Wade, assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Tennessee. He has been working on a new watch sized device that measures the total speed, changes in direction, change in velocity, power, and velocity of a [...]
