Pain Management

• Back pain/sciatica 

• Cervical (neck) pain
• Failed back syndrome
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• Myofascial pain

• Fibromyalgia

• Facial pain
• Other neuropathic pain
• Headaches (including migraine)

• Cancer pain

• Pain of shingles (Herpes zoster/post herpetic neuralgia)
• Pelvic pain
• Central pain syndromes (from spinal cord injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, etc.)
• Phantom limb pain

• Epidural injections – Local anesthetics are injected near nerves to reduce pain and inflammation
• Nerve blocks – Medication is injected around large nerve groups to reduce pain in a specific area of the body
• Spinal stimulation – Using a small, handheld device to stimulate nerves through the spine and reduce pain  
• Opioid medications – Pills taken orally to manage pain

Our goal is to keep you safe and help you feel as comfortable as possible so you can get back to living the life you love.

1. Are pain injections safe?
2. Do pain management treatments hurt?
3. Am I at risk for a bad reaction?
4. How many pain management treatments will I need?

You’ll benefit from our team approach as we work closely with other medical specialists to best meet your needs, including:

• Neurology
• Oncology
• Physical therapy
• Psychology

All treatments are tailored to meet individual needs. Our services are based on the biopsychosocial model of pain intervention and benefit from a multidisciplinary approach. These include:

• Independent comprehensive evaluation
• Medical evaluation
• Rehabilitative evaluation
• Functional capacity assessment
• AMA disability determination
• Vocational assessment
• Psychological evaluations
• Medical and pharmacologic management
• Neural blockade (spinal cord stimulators, pumps)
• Radiofrequency lesioning
• Physical therapy and conditioning
• Occupational therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Biofeedback
• Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
• Acupuncture and acupressure
• Relaxation and stress management training
• Individual and group therapy programs
• Patient educational programs
• Spinal injection techniques - precise applications of steroids or other indication to the spine under X-ray (fluoroscope) guidance
• Joint applications of steroids
• Diagnostic procedures of the spine, including discography, intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET)
• Spinal implantation of advanced pain management devices (spinal cord stimulators and infusion pumps)

For patients