PAIN REHAB of WNY | Dr. Pratibha Bansal

CONTACT

You can reach us during our business hours which are from 8:00AM to 4:30PM
Monday through Friday

   (716)446-5900

    877-258-3640


At Pain Rehab of WNY, we strive to offer our patients convenient, high-quality care. One of the ways we do this is by offering our patients online health services through our website, MyHealthRecord.com.
These services include online appointment scheduling, access to medical records, medication renewals, and more.
If you are interested in learning more about becoming a patient with our office please call the office to schedule your initial evaluation at (716)446-5900.

Dr. Pratibha Bansal, MD was the first Pain Medicine Fellowship trained, Board Certified Interventional Pain Management Specialist in WNY. She has been in practice for the last 35 years. Her training emphasized a multidisciplinary approach and utilizing non-opioid techniques to treat pain. You will be seen by her at each visit. Mid-level practitioners are not used in her practice.
Pain Rehab of WNY is committed to providing patients with convenient access to high-quality care. We believe in functional improvement as the focus for treating the pain. The patient will be empowered and taught lifelong strategies and techniques to manage their pain and improve function. The goal is to have each patient returning back to work when possible.
The scourge of opioid prescription use started in the late '90s and we are still dealing with the consequences of patients prescribed high doses of opioids for their pain treatment. If you are one of them, non-opioid techniques will be utilized, to decrease the pain allowing you to wean off your opioid. Pain leads to activity avoidance and progressive deconditioning which then feeds into more activity avoidance.

  • If you suffer from chronic pain and are on opiates for years-- get a second opinion!
  • If you have pain and now are on suboxone/ methadone -- get a second opinion!
  • If you are getting repeated injections without functional improvement -- schedule!
  • If you have chronic pain and do not want to use or want to limit the use of opioids -- schedule!
  • If you have chronic pain and it is warranted, opioids will be prescribed.

We provide relief from pain from various sources such as:

  • Arthritis
  • Back and Neck pain, including Herniated Discs, Spinal Stenosis, Tumors and Fibrositis
  • Cancer Pain
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD, CRPS)
  • Disorders of the nervous system, including Shingles and Trigeminal Neuralgia (facial pain)
  • Failed Back Surgery Syndrome/Post-laminectomy Syndrome
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Headache

Interventional techniques:

  • Evaluation and Consultation
  • Caudal Block
  • Celiac Plexus Block
  • Diagnostic Discography
  • Diagnostic and Therapeutic Spinal Injection
  • Epidural Steroid Injection
  • Facet Joint Nerve Block
  • Ganglion of Impar Blocks
  • Hypogastric Block
  • Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks
  • Musculoskeletal and Joint Injection
  • Peripheral Nerve Block
  • Radiofrequency Neurolysis
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation
  • Stellate Ganglion Blocks
  • Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
  • Trigger Point Injection
  • Medical Marijuana

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Testimonials

I've spent over 20 years of my life on high doses of pain medication. I have been here being treated by Dr. Bansal pain management and physical therapy which she recommended --doing stretches at home day and night, waking every day--has changed my entire life. I stopped seeing all wound doctors and the leg ulcer I had for over 20 years is gone, I am almost done with pain meds. Thank you Dr. Bansal!
Melissa, November 2018
Dr. Bansal is very inspirational, caring, kind, knowledgeable, always listens--feels like family when you meet with Dr. Bansal. Main thing I believe in my care with this doctor is she is one of a kind and she truly cares.
Kathleen, November 2018
Dr. Bansal is very inspirational, caring, kind, knowledgeable, always listens--feels like family when you meet with Dr. Bansal. Main thing I believe in my care with this doctor is she is one of a kind and she truly cares.
Kathleen, November 2018
At first I thought it was nonsense, since then I love her, she has helped tremendously. I was relying on strong medications which I no longer do--thanks to stretches and GYM---BIG DIFFERENCE.
Linda B., November 2018
I have been a patient of Dr. Bansal for a little over a year and have had much success relieving my neck pain to the point that I am taking 70% less of the medications I was before with no neck pain at all! I am now back to work and very happy.
Timothy W., December 2018
Dr. Bansal has changed my life. I was unable to play golf before seeing her. Through injections, stretching, and exercise I am much more mobile. She has also reduced my pain medications.
Walter L., December 2018
I first visited Dr. Bansal in late May of 2018. My pain doctor had suddenly died and I was fortunate enough to set up an appointment with Dr. Bansal. My history was a severe groin injury in 1983 followed by dozens of surgeries through the years and in 1994 I was struck by RSD. The combination of the injury and RSD resulted in my going to a pain management physician for the next twelve years. I was treated with a cocktail of acupuncture every two weeks and various opioids. The pain management left me in bed the majority of the time and in a great deal of pain.
In May of 2018 I was fortunate enough to get an appointment with Dr. Bansal as my new pain management physician. Dr. Bansal spent several hours with me on my first appointment. The Doctor decided to put an end to the opioid (morphine 300 mg per day), she put me on lyrica and gave me exercises to start immediately. After 3 days of using lyrica my pain disappeared totally for the first time in 23 years.
Dr Bansal has given me my life back. I am back to a totally active life. I am doing activity that I was unable to do such as jogging, attending family functions and taking my wife to dinner. I continue to see Dr. Bansal every 3 months. The pain has never returned and I am doing more and more each day. In the few hours I spent with Dr. Bansal (in my first visit) she was able to diagnose a cause for my illness and lead me back to a "normal" life for the first time in 23 years.