For many people living with chronic pain, medication is only part of the picture. While medications can temporarily reduce symptoms, they don't always address the source of pain or help restore mobility and function.
Fortunately, advances in interventional pain management offer targeted treatments that can provide long-lasting relief while reducing reliance on opioid medications.
At Pain Management Specialists, our board-certified interventional pain physicians provide personalized treatment plans that combine advanced procedures with other therapies to help patients get back to living more comfortably.
Interventional pain management uses minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat chronic pain. Many of these treatments target the nerves, joints, or structures responsible for generating pain.
These procedures can benefit people living with painful conditions such as:
Here are five advanced treatments that may be recommended depending on the cause of your pain.
When inflamed spinal nerves cause pain, reducing that inflammation can make a significant difference. Epidural steroid injections deliver anti-inflammatory medication directly around irritated spinal nerves.
These injections are commonly used to treat:
Because the medication is delivered where it's needed, many patients experience meaningful pain relief, allowing them to participate more fully in physical therapy and everyday activities.
If arthritis in the spine is responsible for your chronic neck or back pain, radiofrequency ablation may provide longer-lasting relief. During this minimally invasive procedure, our team places a specialized needle near the small sensory nerves supplying the painful facet joints.
Heat generated through radiofrequency energy interrupts the nerves' ability to transmit pain signals. Many patients experience months of reduced pain and improved function.
For people whose pain hasn't responded to conservative treatments, spinal cord stimulation offers another option.
This therapy uses a small implanted device that delivers gentle electrical impulses to the spinal cord. Those impulses modify abnormal pain signals before they reach the brain, reducing the perception of pain without relying on medication.
Spinal cord stimulation is often considered for persistent nerve pain, failed back surgery syndrome, and other chronic pain conditions that have proven difficult to treat.
Dorsal root stimulation is an advanced form of neuromodulation that targets the dorsal root ganglion, a cluster of nerve cells that plays a key role in transmitting pain signals.
This highly targeted approach can be especially effective for pain that's difficult to treat with traditional therapies, including:
For carefully selected patients, DRG stimulation can provide focused pain relief while improving daily function.
Lumbar spinal stenosis often develops as tissues inside the spinal canal thicken over time, placing pressure on spinal nerves. This pressure commonly causes lower back pain, leg pain, numbness, and difficulty walking.
The MILD® procedure removes small portions of thickened ligament through a tiny incision, creating more space for the spinal nerves without major surgery. Because the procedure is minimally invasive, many patients recover more quickly than they would after traditional spine surgery.
Chronic pain doesn't always require long-term medication, and it shouldn't keep you from doing the things you enjoy. Today's advanced interventional treatments offer targeted solutions designed to reduce pain, improve function, and help you regain control of your quality of life.
If pain has been limiting your life, the team at Pain Management Specialists can help you explore a personalized treatment plan designed to help you get relief. To learn more, contact us to request a consultation today.
