Grand Rapids Pain: Keith Javery, DO

The Javery Pain Institute provides FDA-approved care for chronic pain, utilizing treatments such as injections, pain medications, and physical therapy. The physicians and advanced care providers work to develop safe and effective treatment plans. Many patients report being treated with compassion, patience, and understanding over many years, feeling glad for the care received. Some procedures, however, such as diagnostic nerve injections, can be exceptionally painful and traumatic without sedation. Insurance may not cover sedation for these injections. While the medical reason is to monitor feelings after the procedure, patients describe the experience as one of the most horribly painful things they have ever felt. Following such injections, patients have reported unexpected and disorienting side effects like numbness in the limbs and difficulty walking, feeling they were not fully warned beforehand. Feedback indicates that staff can sometimes seem hurried, and patients wish for clearer explanations of potential effects before and after procedures. The clinic operates under necessary state regulations for pain management, including random screenings.