Southbridge Interventional Pain Clinic

“I've been going to Southbridge Interventional Pain Clinic since April 2012 after my previous Pain Management Doctor stopped returning my phone calls & his office staff refused to make a follow-up appointment for me! I was in excruciating pain & could barely move. My previous doctor had me so strung out on Oxycontin (120 mg/day) & Oxycodone (80 mg/day) that I barely answered to or recognized my own name. I ended up in the Emergency Department on a Thursday after not realizing I took WAY TOO MUCH Ambien over a weekend because I was way too strung out on the 2 types of Oxy!!! I immediately DITCHED my old Pain Management Doctor & was referred to Dr. Farid. It was the ABSOLUTE BEST decision I could've made! I have an EXTREMELY COMPLICATED medical case that causes me to have EXCRUCIATING pain throughout my entire body. When I first saw Dr. Farid, I spent my days in the dark, curled up in the fetal position on the couch, balling my eyes out!!! That was my routine for the first 2 years of getting really sick! I walked into Southbridge Interventional Pain Clinic with controlled optimism for my first visit. Dr. Farid spent lots of time with me that day trying to understand my disease processes in order to determine the best course of treatment going forward. We started out with two specific types of medication, hoping they would help alleviate the majority of my pain. The meds helped, but not nearly enough! The next month at my appointment, we re-evaluated my case & moved on to two new medications. JACKPOT!!! The new meds worked & got my pain down from way off the chart (the smiley face chart used to determine how bad your pain is) to a bearable 91/2 on the chart. After a few months of being on the new medications, we began discussing the next steps. Dr. Farid felt that Radio Frequency Ablation would be of benefit to me. I decided to follow his advice & have the RFA done. Once we determined that injections would alleviate some of my pain, we scheduled my first RFA for the following month. He was right!!! The RFA procedure helped alleviate more of the pain in my back! We scheduled the next 3 quadrants of my back over my next 3 monthly follow-up appointments. I'm still seeing Dr. Farid & having RFA's done on my back as needed in combination with receiving pain meds. The combination of treatments helps keep my pain levels bearable (somewhere down between 81/2-91/2) each & every month. Dr. Farid, his Medical Assistants, the past Physician's Assistant & everyone in the front office are very kind, compassionate & empathetic!!! They all care very much & go out of their way to help, whether it's fitting you in because something has changed for you & you really need to be seen, getting an answer to a question you may have, helping to reschedule your appointment if the one you have no longer works for you or because you're ill & can't make it into the office when you're scheduled to, or anything else you run into. Dr. Farid is extremely kind, empathetic, caring, compassionate & an expert in his field!!! I got very lucky back in April 2012 when I was referred to him & found an amazing doctor who was determined to find relief for me, but who was also interested in me as a person, what was going on in my personal life, not just my disease processes! Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, Dr. Farid & the entire staff of Southbridge Interventional Pain Clinic, you've all played a huge role in giving me back part of my life!!!!!”

— Kellie (Kelliescha)

“the shot i get for my leg pain from breaking my tibia bone an a aritey all at once 2 years ago. really helps me alot an they are always so nice an kind there everytime i go an i was nervous about getting the shot but it really really helps me id recommend comming here:)”

— sue madden

“Most of these reviews over 1 star are definitely staff members. This is one of the worst places to go if you are looking for help. Yes, pain medicine isn't ideal for most cases but plenty of patients actually need it so they can live their daily lives. My FIL had tried all the things this doctor asked him to try, he said he would try medication if shots didn't work. The cortisone helps for a day and the electric shots put my FIL at risk as he is very prone to seizures and heart attacks. This place lied to my very sick father and so I felt it necessary to write a review. Not every patient is looking to get high off medicine but this doctor judges you harshly. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!”

— S P

“The place is busy. But many people are in pain, especially via aging, injury, or whatnot. The Doctor and his staff are very caring. It is good to have this localized treatment of painful areas than taking pain meds which lose their effectiveness or become addicting.”

— Michelle Cook