ABOUT

Kenneth C. Lewis, MD

Dr. Lewis, founder and president of Western Rockies Interventional Pain Specialists, has been treating pain in the Grand Valley and Western Colorado area since 2004. Dr. Lewis began his education in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Zoology. He finished his medical degree in 1990 and Anesthesiology Residency in 1994 at the University of Arizona. He has served as President of the Colorado Chapter of American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians since 2014. Dr. Lewis enjoys fly fishing, bow hunting, rock climbing, and doing outdoor projects.

Conditions We Treat

• Neck pain
• Joint pain
• Arthritis pain
• Sciatica
• Herniated disc
• Degenerative disc disease
• Spinal stenosis
• Facet joint pain
• Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• Neuropathic pain (diabetic neuropathy)
• Post-herpetic neuralgia (shingles)
• Phantom limb pain
• Cancer-related pain
• Vascular pain
• Compression fractures
• Occipital neuralgia
• Pelvic pain
• Headaches
• Failed back surgery syndrome
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Whiplash-associated disorders
• Sports-related injuries
• Pain related to trauma or injury
• Post-surgical pain

Available Treatment Options

• Epidural steroid injections
• Transforaminal epidural steroid injections
• Spine facet joint injections
• Spine medial branch blocks and radiofrequency
• Hip, knee, and shoulder joint injections, nerve blocks, and radiofrequency ablations
• Trochanteric bursa injections
• Occipital nerve blocks and other trigger point injections
• Lumbar, hypogastric and ganglion impar sympathetic blocks
• Stellate ganglion blocks
• Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
• Discography and viadisc allograft disc supplementation
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Intracept ablation of the basivertebral nerves
• Vertiflex superion