Dr. Denice Starley, D.O. Pain Management Specialist
Prior to coming to Bakersfield and helping treat the pain of the patients at Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital, Dr. Denice Starley began her career in palliative care at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. “I have a natural empathy for pain patients and try to offer all possible state-of-the-art treatments available in the field,” Dr. Starley explained, adding that she completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Washington University/ Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She continued studying pain intervention in Las Vegas, Provo (Utah), and Atlanta, honing her specialty as she went. “I also helped Elko Regional Hospital [in Nevada] set up a pain program for their hospital.” Board certified with the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Board of Pain Medicine, Dr. Starley has spent the last year helping to lessen the pain of local residents on an outpatient basis, treating everything from sciatic pain to arthritis. “Most people think pain is only treated with medication, but we want to minimize the pills taken and optimize treatment via other
Denice Starley, D.O. procedures, like joint injections and epidural steroid injections,” she said. Dr. Starley also believes in the importance of medication rotation. “When a patient builds up a tolerance for medication, I won’t increase the dosage, but switch to a different type of medication.” It’s all in her attempt to see each patient as an individual and treat them using state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures and treatments. “If I can ease even a little of their pain, then the world is a better place.”
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