Pain Care New Location & MRI

Pain Care has some exciting news! We have been keeping a little secret but now the secret is out! Pain Care has its own open MRI machine. We can now order and offer our patients MRIs within our own facility! Our MRI machine will be located at our brand new Fayetteville, GA location: 600 W. Lanier Ave Ste 204 Fayetteville, GA 30214.

MRIs sound like a nightmare– but they don't have to be, especially ours because it's OPEN! 

Here’s what to expect during your MRI at Pain Care’s facility: 

Getting an MRI scan is probably not on your list of top ten things to do in your free time but Pain Care is here to help make it a little more enjoyable. Unfortunately, sometimes getting an MRI, which stands for magnetic resonance imaging, is just a medically necessary evil. In case you’re not familiar with the test, an MRI uses a magnetic field and radio waves to make detailed pictures of your insides. When you’re inside an MRI machine, its magnetic field temporarily realigns hydrogen atoms in your body. Radio waves make these atoms create very faint signals– and those signals are used to make cross-sectional images. These images are then layered on top of each other to give doctors a really good view of the inside of your body that they can see from different views and angles.  

Now why choose Pain Care’s open MRI machine over others?

It is OPEN! This means if you are claustrophobic, you will not need any medication to help relax or sedation to help get through your MRI. Open MRIs are just like they sound- they are open, while still using magnets to take images of the inside of the body. Instead of an enclosed capsule, the open MRI uses a magnet on the top and bottom and is open on all four sides. This style of machine decreases the risk of claustrophobia and panic attacks exponentially and allows patients of all shapes and sizes to be able to make use of an MRI to accurately diagnose their issues.

Other advantages to choosing Pain Care’s open MRI includes the following: 

• It is quieter than a closed MRI. The open MRI machine does not make as much noise and the sound it does make is less likely to affect you adversely, since you won’t be inside an enclosed space. 
• The open design also provides more options in patient position, enabling a technologist to tilt them. Our MRI system comes with a weight-bearing feature, allowing our technologist to tilt the patient and scan in a standing position, instead of having the patient lay flat. This tilting feature makes it simpler to diagnose certain diseases and conditions like spinal injuries and back pain with greater accuracy.
• Fewer side effects caused from open MRIs. Because the closed imaging scans can cause anxiety, the patient may require medication to control their claustrophobia, anxiety or restlessness. These drugs can come with a multitude of side effects. Our open MRI helps with these issues immensely, causing the patient to experience fewer problems to have to deal with, like medicine and recovery rate. 
• Open MRIs produce fewer artifacts. What does this mean? If you have any metallic objects in your body from previous surgeries, the artifacts from your metal implants can significantly minimize the quality of the imaging. With our open MRI system, it will use a lower magnetic field strength, which in turn procedures fewer artifacts from metallic objects than the closed MRI system’s high magnetic field. This means our technician can obtain a clearer image if you have any form of metallic implants. 
• Our open MRI system promotes equity. If the patient is physically disabled or in a wheelchair, they can feel further isolated when they are unable to use a closed machine appropriately. However, our open MRI machine makes the transportation process more comfortable and smoother for the physically impared patients. 

Pain Care is excited to offer this to all of our patients. Our imaging facility is located in the middle of almost all of our offices. We have a specialized team of staff members ready to help you with all of your medical imaging needs without you having to wait very long for an appointment to receive these services. Pain Care revolutionizes medical imaging while maintaining a foundation of consistency and efficiency. As a company, we promise our patients spectacular service and unmistakable quality. Our imaging center merges this quality of service with a dedicated attentiveness to our patients individual needs, making Pain Care your premier medical imaging destination. 

Contact us today to schedule your appointments for your MRI needs. 

Disclosure: you must have a referral from a Pain Care doctor or mid level prior to proceeding with an MRI from our facility. 

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Casey Business Development Coordinator