Southwest Florida Pain Center - Port Charlotte, Florida

Jon Stuart

We have been long time patients, they have always done there best to help us. Care has always been first rate. Recent procedure called MILD has been very helpful and glad Dr.Ball did it.

Anthony Cicerella

This medical facilities is about as good as it gets!! Dr. Ball and staff is AMAZING. This man listened to everything i said before coming up with how he intended on fixing me!! And he did fix things..What more would you want from a facility! Great job, keep it up and mostly thank you Dr. BALL I WON'T forget it!! 10 stars is what you should receive!! Thank you a thousand times!!! YOU ROCK!!!!

Mary Fabrio (“Cathy”)

Dr. Ball has been wonderful! I have had chronic low back pain for some time. After he performed bilateral ablations, my back pain is completely gone! His office staff is very helpful! My life has been transformed. Able to sleep, swim, and walk all without pain! It is wonderful!

Chris Voeglie

30 yrs of back surgery one after the other and SWF Pain has helped myself and my wife to avoid major spinal surgeries. Why it takes this long to find help with debilitating pain in the US is just unacceptable. Thank you SWFP!!?

P. Lama

I have been a patient with Dr Ball @SWFP Center for over 4 years now. I am grateful for his care, I believe he is very easy to talk to and direct with his explanations. The staff have been very courteous and helpful, from the front desk to the authorization desk. The OR teams are efficient right through into recovery. While I'm waiting, I ask God to bless this practice and all that they do.

lorraine oquendo

Savannah at front desk, says she works in billing; I had convo re my bill.
She said you can't run a bill & gives me patient agreement.

Paid on 1/25/24 & again today 2/12/24 w/o a bill, was told 1/31/24 statement was old.
Very aggressive & unprofessional; when I said I am on a fixed income; she said she was a single parent & loudly banged something where she was sitting.
Beware its all about $.
I am a long time patient, time to find pain management that treats you w respect.

terri hessler

I was a patient of Dr. VALENTE for over 15 yrs.. He took over my care from a VERY bad pain doc in Sarasota w/c had sent me to who made my pain much worse.

Dr. VALENTE was willing to take over in the middle of another doctors huge mess and for this I am ever grateful to him.

As time went on I eventually got worse developing O.A, Psoriatic arthritis, had multiple orthopedic surgeries, CRPS that had spread from R leg to entire body, & other conditions. He put me on a number of meds and I NEVER abused them. I underwent many diff. types of nerve blocks. All gave me relief but often short lived.

Then Dr. Ball took over the practice. He fired EVERY employee but Dr. VALENTE. Suddenly after more than 15 yrs Dr. VALENTE told me he was retiring soon. THIS WAS 8 YRS ago now ( to the present 2023). So, I was lied to as was my w/c attorney as to why he could no longer treat me.

I found a new pain doc who is awesome and listens to my issues. I only take meds.IF ABSOLUTELY NEEDED ! But Dr. VALENTE started me on the majority.

I needed a pain Mgt doc to conduct period nerve blocks, epidurals etc.. No longer w/c.. I was scheduled to see a doc once again with SWFL PAIN MGT. ( Strictly for nerve blocks, epidurals etc. and received call days later to cancel my appt. NO excuse other than they don't wish to see me as a patient. I tried a few times with different docs in the group with NO success ! At the time they were closest to my home & only avail. that I trusted to place a needle in my spine.

I found a new alternative Pain Mgt doc that seems to actually care. He has never attempted to force me to have a Spinal cord stimulator implant which is y I ended up at SWFL Pain Mgt. The device was implanted by Sarasota doc and NEVER functioned properly. My body rejected it ! Dr. VALENTE at the time said some people are NOT mean't to have them. But Dr. Ball took over & that was his big push. NO way was I going thru that Hell again.

There are many pain Mgt docs available ( if you truly have severe pain issues). Don't get fired by a doctor for abuse of pain meds. U will NEVER find another doctor to take over your care. There are also MANY highly rated alternative Pain Mgt docs available in Charlotte Co, Lee Co. & Sarasota Co. With far better patient reviews.

I have NO respect for a doctor who lies to me when I've done nothing wrong. The truth would have been better.

While at SWFL PAIN MGT the wait took forever ! When Dr. Ball took over the practice I ,& the person taking me to a room were forced to stop walking while he in public told one of his employees off. Neither the place nor the time !

Lack of Professionalism at least on behalf of Dr. Ball is at an all time high. Try dealing with issues such as this after seeing patients & in a PRIVATE setting. Next to the fact the woman he was telling off was the mother of his unborn child.

Jay Hutchins

Outstanding care and services.
Dr. Ball has been treating my back pain for six years. He has done several radio frequency rhizotomies, which offer me very good pain control for months at a time. And all without the need for chronic use of narcotics. I have been able to avoid back surgery, and continue to enjoy my retirement. Every member of the staff is courteous, kind, and professional. Highly recommend this practice.