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Pain management and non-surgical spine care:
- Back pain
- Neck pain
- Thoracic pain
- Pain due to motor vehicle accidents
- Work injuries
- Athletic spine injuries
- Failed back syndrome
- Sacroiliac joint pain
- Piriformis syndrome
- Vertebral compression fractures
- Mechanical back pain
- Sciatica
- Spinal stenosis
- Nerve injury
- Occipital headaches
- Pinched nerve (nerve injury due to hernitated disc or spinal stenosis)
- Piriformis syndrome
- Myofascial pain
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
Treatments offered
- Spinal injections (selective nerve root blocks: diagnostic and therapeutic, transforaminal injections)
- Radiofrequency rhizotomy
- Percutaneous disc decompression (treatment for disc herniation without surgery)
- Lumbar discogram
- Sacroiliac joint injections and for long term relief sacroiliac joint nerve ablation
- Piriformis injections
- Occipital nerve ablation
- Peripheral nerve stimulation for chronic axial back pain
- Dorsal column stimulator ( spinal cord stimulator) for patient who have failed back surgery or not a candidate for surgery
- Trigger point injections
- Joint injections
- Hip joint injections
Diagnostic procedures offered
- Electromyograpy (EMG)
- Diagnostic selective nerve block
- Diagnostic facet joint injections
Statistics show that 80% of population will suffer from back pain in their lifetime and 80% will resolve with conservative management including physical therapy, self exercise, oral antiinflammatories and possible spinal injections.
Helpful resources
- Post percutaneous disc decompression discharge instructions (coming soon)
- Activity guidelines after your targeted disc decompression procedure (coming soon)
Find out more about Pain Management from the website of American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
