Nancy Henry-Socha, MD
Interventional Spine Physician
My specialties:
- Pain medicine
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Professional interests:
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Neck and Back Pain
- Spine Related Disorders
- Interventional Pain Management
- Epidural Steroid Injections
- Radiculopathy – Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral
- Facet Joint Pain - Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar
- radiofrequency ablation
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Sympathetic Nerve Blocks
Practice Philosophy:
To provide state of the art, evidence-based medical care to treat musculoskeletal and spine pain.
What makes a Physiatric (PM&R) approach to spine care unique is that we look at the entire person, to help you reach your full potential. I partner with my patients, developing an individual plan for each person to restore function and reduce pain.
My practice philosophy is “Living with chronic pain does not have to be a normal part of aging.” As an interventional pain physician, I approach musculoskeletal and spine pain from a multi-modal perspective, and have many tools to address this. One of the exciting things about interventional pain medicine is that it is a newer area of medicine, with continuing research and technologies that allow us to optimally evaluate and treat musculoskeletal and spine pain.
For me, medicine is a calling, to provide high quality, compassionate care and to improve quality of life.
Credentials
- MD
Board-certified specialties
- Pain medicine
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Personal interests
- Biking
- Camping
- Cross-country skiing
- Gardening
- Hiking
- Snowshoeing
- Travel
Educational institutions
- University of Minnesota Medical School
Memberships
- American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- North American Spine Society
- Spine Intervention Society
Internships
- Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Residencies
- University of Minnesota
Fellowships
- University of Washington - Seattle, Department of Anesthesiology
Years of experience
- 16
Hospital affiliations
- Mercy Hospital
- Cambridge Medical Center
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Major health plans we participate in
- Allina Health | Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
- HealthPartners
- Medica
- PreferredOne
- SelectCare/LaborCare
- UCare
- UnitedHealthcare
Other health plans we participate in
- Medicaid/Medicare
- Aetna
- America's PPO
- First Health/Coventry
- CIGNA
- Humana
- Hennepin Health (formerly Metropolitan Health Plan)
- PrimeWest
- South Country Health Alliance
- United Behavioral Health
- Wisconsin Physician Services (WPS)
The dr. Was very knowledgeable about my condition and knew right away what was the problem.
Very easy to communicate, listened carefully to everything that was going on and explained everything, answered all questions and concerns.
Doctor listened and explained the issue I am having very well.
Most interactions have been positive...listen and not dismissive
Nancy was very kind and knowledgeable.
She took the time to listen to my concerns and was very helpful.
This was my first visit, and I was impressed how thorough the Dr. was. But, after a first visit I don't have an opinion yet.
Very good service
Care given
was just ok