Interventional Pain Management
Interventional pain management involves special procedures to treat and manage pain. "Interventional" procedures might include an injection of an anesthetic medicine or steroid around nerves, tendons, joints or muscles; spinal cord stimulation; insertion of a drug delivery system; or a procedure with radio-frequency ablation or cryoablation to stop a nerve from working for a long period of time. These techniques may help patients:
- Allow for an increase in activities at home and work
- Overcome isolation
- Learn new skills for coping with pain
- Determine ways to end sleep problems
- Reduce the amount of time pain is experienced and its severity
- Improve the quality of life
- Rehabilitate
Conditions Treated
Patients needing interventional pain management services suffer distress and discomfort caused by a variety of conditions and disorders, including:
- Chronic low back and neck pain
- Chronic reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) or complex regional pain syndrome
- Chronic head, mouth and face pain
- Postsurgical procedures
- Malignancy
- Post-traumatic pain syndrome
- Muscle and/or bone pain
Interventional Treatment
The Pain Center offers a variety of treatments, including:
- Cryoablation
- Discography
- Epidural injections (cervical, thoracic, lumbar and caudal)
- Facet injections and medical branch blocks (cervical, thoracic and lumbar)
- Intrathecal and epidural infusion systems
- Neurolytics of celiac plexus and cancer pain
- Peripheral nerve blocks
- Peripheral nerve stimulation
- PRP (platelet-rich plasma) of joint and tendon
- Radiofrequency denervation
- Selective epidural and root blocks (cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacral)
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Sympathetic blocks (stellate ganglion, thoracic, lumbar and hypogastric)
Have Questions or Need Help?
Call us or send a message to the Pain Center team. You can also have us call you back at your convenience.