My experience with PMC has been absolutely terrible.
I came to the office with ten years of history of treatment from previous specialists, general practitioners, and pain-management folks.
The first thing that PMC wanted to do was send me out for regular repeating appointments for efforts that have already repeatedly failed in the past.
Dr. Jayaram also demanded that I submit to spinal injections from him, despite having had them on several occasions with no positive results.
PMC also demands that all patients begin seeing one of their two psychologists for chronic pain. The psychologists also have fairly bad reviews and insurance coverage is spotty.
Basically, just to get a monthly visit with these guys you will need to also be regularly paying for and attending physical therapy, occupational therapy, and psychology appointments.
I don't know about everyone else, but I have a job and am not wealthy - the therapy appointments and psychologist will want to see you weekly, so you are looking at dumping a lot of time and money - and I'm very sure that PMC is getting kickbacks from these other groups.
Most of these efforts are redundant and unneeded, but if you do not want to attend Dr. Jayaram will kick you out of treatment.
The Nurse Practitioner (who almost always is the one to see you) is extremely rude, the treatments offered are typically a waste of time and money, and you will always be treated as a drug seeker.
I recommend finding alternative care.
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