John Michels, MD
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As a result of his road to healing, Dr. Michels possesses a deeper level of empathy and compassion and a new understanding of the complex challenges of pain. This motivates him to help each patient return to optimal health.
He’s now an expert in interventional pain medicine. At his practice, his goal is to ensure that pain and injury don’t stop his patients from living out their passions in their own lives.
Dr. Michels received his medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine of USC in Los Angeles, where he became a dean’s list scholar and member of the medical school admissions committee. He then went to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to complete a residency in diagnostic radiology.
Following his residency, Dr. Michels completed an ACGME-accredited, multidisciplinary fellowship in interventional pain management at the University of California, Irvine. He’s now double board-certified in diagnostic radiology and pain medicine.
Dr. Michels is recognized by his peers and patients for his compassionate and high-quality medical care. He has received numerous awards, including D Magazine Best Doctors, Texas Super Doctors, and the Healthgrades Honor Roll. He has also been honored with the Vitals Compassionate Doctor, On-Time Doctor, and Patients’ Choice Awards.
Personal Profile
Dr. Michels is a former First Round Draft Choice and Super Bowl Champion with the Green Bay Packers. After an injury ended his NFL career, Dr. Michels was accepted to the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, where he went on to become a Deans' List scholar and a member of the Medical School Admissions Committee.
After medical school, Dr. Michels went to Baylor College of Medicine where he completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology. He then went to UC Irvine, where he completed an ACGME accredited multi-disciplinary fellowship in Interventional Pain Management. He is double board certified in Diagnostic Radiology and Pain Medicine.
Published In:
Texas Super Doctors 2022
Texas Super Doctors 2021
Texas Super Doctors 2020
Texas Rising Stars 2019
Texas Rising Stars 2018
Texas Rising Stars 2017
Education
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Graduation Year: 2008
Professional Webpage: www.spinedallas.com/md-john-michels-interventional-spine-pai..
Services We Offer
Here at Interventional Spine and Pain, Dr. Michels is able to provide a wide range of services to his patients. If you would like to book an appointment for any of the following services, give us a call or click the "Request Now" button above:
- Kyphoplasty for Vertebral Compression Fractures
- Epidural Steroid Injections (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and Caudal)
- Facet Injections/Medial Branch Nerve Blocks/Rhizotomies (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar)
- Spinal Cord Stimulation (Burst, HF10, Wavewriter)
- Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation (DRG Therapy)
- Vertiflex Superion Interspinous Spacer for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Hyaluronic Acid Injections for knee osteoarthritis
- Intraarticular Steroid Injections (knee, hip, shoulder, ankle, hand, wrist, elbow, foot)
- Sacroiliac Joint (SI Joint) Injections
- Genicular Nerve Blocks/rhizotomies for chronic knee pain
- Peripheral Nerve Blocks
- Stellate Ganglion and Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks for CRPS
- Ganglion Impar Blocks for Coccydynia (Acute or chronic tailbone pain)
- BOTOX for migraine
- Occipital Nerve Blocks for headaches
- Intercostal Nerve Blocks for Shingles Pain
- Celiac Plexus Block for chronic abdominal pain
- Pudendal Nerve Block for chronic pelvic pain
- Greater Trochanteric Bursa (GTB) Injections for hip pain
- Subacromial Bursa Injections for shoulder pain
- Lateral and Medial Epicondyle Injections for “Golfer’s and Tennis Elbow”.
- Plantar fascia Injections for plantar fasciitis
- Trigeminal Nerve Block for chronic facial pain
- Temperimandibular Joint (TMJ) Injections
- Trigger Point Injections for myofascial (muscular) pain
- Ultrasound Guided Tendon Sheath Injections for Achilles and Biceps tendinitis, and DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis.
- Carpal tunnel and Tarsal tunnel Injections"
Conservative Management
A multidisciplinary approach to patients’ chronic pain
Through conservative and interventional procedures, my goal as a pain management doctor is to minimize dependence of opioids, improve quality of life, improve function, and improve pain coping skills so the patient may better adapt to their daily activities and get back to their normal daily function.
Pain Mapping
Revolutionary interventional treatments and procedures
Dr. John Michels continues to provide the most advanced diagnostic techniques and treatments of back pain through comprehensive physical examination along with spinal pain mapping procedures. When physical examination or imaging studies fail to determine the etiology of pain, Dr. Michels will provide spinal pain mapping techniques.
Source: https://www.johnmichelsmd.com/