About the Practice
About Dr. Verma
Board-Certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Interventional Spine & Regenerative Medicine Specialist
Founder, Essential Sports & Spine Solutions — Columbus, Ohio
Nikhil Verma, MD, is a board-certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician and fellowship-trained Interventional Spine and Sports Medicine Physician. At his independent practice, Essential Sports and Spine Solutions, Dr. Verma provides comprehensive physical medicine, rehabilitation care, and interventional pain care to patients in Columbus, Ohio.
Training & Education
Dr. Verma completed:
- Undergraduate studies at The Ohio State University
- Medical school training with a focus on physical medicine
- Internship at Wayne State University – Crittenton
- Residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Kingsbrook Jewish Rehab Institute in Brooklyn, NY
- North American Spine Society–recognized fellowship in Interventional Spine & Sports Medicine at Alabama Orthopedics Spine & Sports in Birmingham, AL
His training equipped him with advanced skills in:
- Interventional spine procedures
- Musculoskeletal injury management
- Movement restoration
- Ultrasound-guided diagnosis and injections
- Regenerative medicine (PRP, Prolotherapy, Microfat, BMAC)
- Non-surgical, evidence-based pain interventions
Affiliations & Associations
Dr. Verma is actively involved in his field and is a member of many professional organizations, including the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (as well as the Ohio Branch), the North American Spine Society, and the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience, to name a few.
Restoring Movement. Redefining Medicine.
Dr. Nikhil Verma is not your typical pain doctor. He built Essential Sports & Spine Solutions< with one intention: to deliver medicine the way it was meant to be practiced — personal, precise, evidence-based, and deeply human.
Patients come to Dr. Verma when they’re tired of quick fixes, cookie-cutter protocols, long waitlists, or the “take these pills and let’s see” approach. His mission is simple:
Restore the movement you love, without surgery, without being rushed, and without being reduced to a chart code.
This philosophy is rooted directly in his professional values — Authenticity, Competence, Awareness, and Confidence — which guide every evaluation, every injection, and every recommendation. Nikhil Verma x MAVRIX Vision St…
His Philosophy: Medicine With a Soul
Dr. Verma believes competence is compassion. Patients trust him with what they love most — >their bodies, their sport, their career, their lifestyle — so he treats each case with the precision of a craftsman and the responsibility of a caretaker.
He doesn’t answer to systems that forgot how to see people. He answers to the patient sitting in front of him.
This is not a clinic. This is a reclamation — a place where patients get their lives back with truth-driven, minimally invasive, regenerative care.
Lectures:
Grand Rounds Overview of Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy- Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center 2016
Lecture Contributor- Spinal Intervention Society Community Discussion (Case Presentation, presented by Dr. Bradly Goodman and Dr. Timothy Maus)
Financial Wellness for Medical Students, Residents, Fellows, and Early Career Physicians (Session moderator AAPM&R 2021)
Positions Held:
2021-2023 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Regenerative Medicine Community Chairman
MedEd Combine Physician Educator Advisory Board