Dr. Joseph F. Jasper, MD

The South Sound expert in spinal injections and spinal cord stimulators since 1996. A diplomate of the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians, Fellow of Interventional Pain Physicians (World Institute of Pain) and Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. Author of several articles and guidelines on the specialty of interventional pain. Dr. Jasper provides expert consultations and precise diagnostic or therapeutic injections, facet neurolysis, discography and spinal cord stimulator implants. Additionally, occipital and other peripheral nerve stimulators may be used to treat painful nerves. He treats sciatica, back pain, arm nerve pain, neck pain, some types of headache and facial pain. Dr. Jasper has several different methods of epidural steroid injections whereas many others only know one or two. Facet diagnostics are precise, possibly leading to neurotomies or neurolysis by radiofrequency. Disc pain may be tested with discography and treated with IDET, …biaculasty or other procedures. Manual percutaneous disc decompression or coblation is offered. For resistant nerve pain when surgery has failed electrical neurostimulation is available. Medicare, First Choice Health Network, Uniform Medical Plan, Regence, Premera, Aetna, Labor and Industries L&I welcome.