Pain Conditions & Treatments
The Pain Center treats a wide variety of pain using a multi-disciplinary approach:
Back Pain
- Due to injury or trauma
- Degenerative spondylolisthesis
- Facet joint osteoarthritis
- Failed back surgery
- Spinal stenosis
- Herniated discs
- Spinal tumors
Cancer Pain
- Metastasized bone cancer
- Pain due to chemotherapy
- Pain due to radiotherapy
- Pain from a tumor pressing against a nerve, bone or organ
- Phantom limb pain
- Post-surgical pain
Head and Neck Pain
- Bell's palsy
- Blepherospasm
- Cervical pain
- Cluster headaches
- Hemifacial spasm
- Migraines
- Mouth pain
- Muscle and skeletal pain
- Neck pain
- Face and mouth pain
- Intractable vertigo
- Pain following an attack of shingles
- Spasmodic torticollis
- Tempromandibular Joint Disease (TMJD)
- Tongue pain
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Trauma neuralgia
Joint Pain
- Elbow pain
- Hip pain
- Knee pain
- Shoulder pain
Peripheral Neuropathy
Sleep Apnea
Pelvic Pain
Treatments
The Pain Center providers and staff work in partnership with referring physicians to provide care for patients with chronic and acute pain. Employing the latest advances in pain management, the Center's experienced, knowledgeable pain specialists work with patients to develop individualized treatment plans that address their specific needs.
The Pain Center's providers and staff strive not only to relieve pain but also help patients take better control over their lives. Patients can learn techniques for reducing pain, for reducing the amount of medications that they need, and for improving their capacity to pursue day-to-day activities. The Pain Center's primary goal is to reduce or eliminate pain so that even patients with chronic conditions may lead active, pleasurable lives.
The Pain Center at Cedars-Sinai offers a full range of services, including evaluation, diagnosis, therapy, anesthesia-based procedures and rehabilitation.
Among the treatments offered at the Pain Center are: