Arch Advanced Pain Management

Arch Advanced Pain Management Center is a leading pain management clinic located in Saint Peters, MO. Our pain management physician, Dr. James Sturm, and his staff have decades of experience in providing advanced pain care. This pain clinic is dedicated to the treatment of acute and chronic pain, as well as sports medicine pain. Our focus is to help with your pain management and relief.

Meet Our Pain Management Physician - Dr. James Sturm

Dr. James Sturm is a triple board-certified pain management doctor with over 30 years of experience in providing pain relief to his patients. He has had numerous newspaper articles written about him on the successes that he has had treating patients. Dr. Sturm has also had a radio interview with Chicago B96 on the Chicago Connection show about the Arthrocare SpineWand for vertebral body cancer radiofrequency ablations. He has been running the pain management clinic: Arch Advanced Pain Management since 2011.

Our Specialties

At Arch Advanced Pain Management Center, we specialize in providing pain relief for various types of pain, including:

• Head and Neck Pain: We find the root cause of head and neck pain and offer multiple treatments for reducing or eliminating it.
• Chest Pain: Chest pain can range from a pulled muscle to chest surgery. Dr. James Sturm will help reduce or eliminate your chest pain.
• Extremity Pain: Upper or lower extremity pain is common, and we help people every day with their pain.
• Abdominal Pain: From chronic pancreatitis to chemotherapy pain, we help address the cause and reduce or eliminate abdominal pain.
• Low Back Pain: Low back pain has numerous sources. Our pain management doctor offers holistic solutions for low back pain.
• Nerve and Other Pain: Dr. Sturm has over 30 years of experience with nerve and other pain, ranging from cancer pain to fibromyalgia.
• Pelvis Pain and Groin Pain: We can help identify the problem and manage or even resolve your pain.
• Buttock Pain: We treat a variety of buttock pain such as sacroiliac joint pain, piriformis muscle syndrome, and more.

Why Choose Us?

At Arch Advanced Pain Management Center, we provide:

• Comprehensive Patient Evaluation: Dr. Sturm will provide comprehensive patient evaluations to determine the source of pain generation so that we can treat it in the most effective manner.
• Holistic Approach to Therapy: Dr. Sturm offers therapies and solutions to our patients based on a holistic approach, keeping in mind the risk and benefits of those therapies.
• Most Advanced Treatments: We constantly seek out the most advanced treatments and make use of the most advanced technology to ensure the highest relief rates among our patients.
• Understanding Environment: We provide care in an understanding environment.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Pain Doctor and what do they do?

Pain Management physicians diagnose conditions, provide treatment (prescribe medication and rehabilitation services, perform procedures to relieve pain), and help counsel patients.

Is a Physiatrist the same as a Pain Management Doctor?

Physiatrist physicians treat a wide range of medical conditions that affect the body differently, while a pain physician is trained to treat your pain.

What kind of doctor do you see for back pain?

A pain doctor/pain specialist/pain management specialist is a medical doctor who has received additional training and specializes in pain medicine.

What drugs are used for pain management?

NSAIDS are normally the most effective for mild-moderate pain. Such as swelling and inflammation caused by arthritis, muscle spasms, sprains, injuries. Yes, they can prescribe opiates within the CMS guidelines.

What is the best pain medicine for pain?

Most pain management will start with NSAIDS and therapy, rehabilitation, possible CT scans, or MRI are needed to see what is really going on before they can do any kind of injections.

At Arch Advanced Pain Management Center, we are committed to providing the best pain relief solutions for our patients. We believe that everyone deserves to live a life free from pain, and we are dedicated to making that a reality for our patients. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you.