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Pain Management
Whether it’s short-term pain from an injury or chronic pain from an ongoing condition, there are more options for relief than ever before. At Paulding County Hospital, our pain management specialists are here to help pinpoint the source of your pain, treat it and help you get back to living.
The team at Paulding County Hospital can effectively relieve pain in most patients through a variety of measures including:
- Injections
- Patches
- Drug therapy
- Physical therapy
- And more
We Treat Acute and Chronic Pain
- Arthritis Pain
- Back and neck pain
- Complex Regional Pain syndrome (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy)
- Diabetic Pain and Other Painful Neuropathies
- Headaches
- Joint Pain
- Muscle spasm pain
- Nerve Pain
Common Interventional Procedures:
- Epidural steroid injections
- Injections for migraine headaches
- Medical branch blocks
- Radiofrequency ablations
- Selective nerve root blocks

John Buonocore, DO
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
John Buonocore, DO
Dr. Buonocore is committed to providing patients with a balanced approach to pain management, which includes the tailored use of physical therapy, diagnostics, medication management, and interventional procedures. He is board certified in both anesthesia and pain medicine and completed his fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, New York.

Stacia Springer
APRN, CNP
Stacia Springer, APRN, CNP
Stacia earned her undergraduate nursing degree from The University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, and her Advance Practice Nursing degree from Indiana Wesleyan University, Fort Wayne, Indiana. She graduated with distinction while earning her master’s in nursing and is a board-certified nurse practitioner.
Stacia Springer has worked in a variety of healthcare settings in the areas of cardiac care, pediatrics, primary care, and quality improvement. Throughout her nursing career, she continues to provide patients with quality care and helping them achieve optimum health and pain management through interventional pain procedures and various modalities.