Interventional pain management is a specialized approach used to improve quality of life for patients living with chronic or severe pain. Rather than treating pain generically, it uses diagnostic imaging and precise injections to identify and treat the exact structure generating your symptoms.
Two different approaches to pain
Medical pain management uses pharmaceutical drugs. It can work well for reducing inflammation and is often the right first step. But in many cases the pain persists, and continuing to escalate medication doesn't address why.
Interventional pain management starts by answering a different question: where is this actually coming from? Diagnostic imaging and diagnostic blocks are used to isolate the pain generator. Only then is treatment directed at it. This approach usually sits between medication and surgery, and for a great many patients, it means surgery never becomes necessary.
How we work
1. A real diagnosis. History, physical examination, and imaging where indicated. We want to know which joint, disc, nerve or soft-tissue structure is responsible before anyone injects anything.
2. Diagnostic blocking. A targeted, small-volume injection confirms the source. If your pain resolves when a specific structure is numbed, we know we're in the right place.
3. Targeted treatment. Depending on the diagnosis, that may mean a therapeutic injection, spinal decompression, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, or a combination.
4. Rehabilitation. Relief without rehabilitation tends not to last. We build strength and mobility back into the area so the problem doesn't simply return in six months.
Conditions we commonly treat
- Chronic low back and neck pain
- Disc herniation and sciatica
- Knee, hip and shoulder joint pain
- Arthritis-related joint pain
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Post-accident and repetitive-strain injuries
Why patients choose this route
Many patients find interventional pain management to be a genuine alternative to surgery, allowing them a functional, reduced-pain or pain-free life. Others use it to stay active while they work through rehabilitation.
About 1 in 5 American adults lives with chronic pain. What's unfortunate is how many of them could be helped and simply don't know where to turn. If you have questions about the treatments we offer, call us. Today is a good day to take your life back.