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Frequently Asked Questions

What is chronic pain? The term “chronic pain” refers to pain that’s lasted six or more months, or pain that persists after an original...

Epidural steroid injections

The nerves that go to the rest of your body run through the epidural space. If you have a disc hernation, arthritis, or another pathology...

Radiofrequency ablation

Prior to have radiofrequency ablations, you must have two consecutive diagnostic blocks. When a particular set of nerves can be confirmed...

Nerve blocks

Pain signals travel through nerves much like an electrical signal travels through a wire. If that signal can be blocked, the amount of...

Sacroiliac joint injections

Sacroiliac joints are larger joints located at the junction of the spine and the pelvis. Some people experience very low back pain and/or...

Facet joint injections

Facet joints (also called zygopophyseal joints) are small joints in the back. These are commonly indicated as being the source of chronic...

Sympathetic blocks

Sympathetic blocks can be used for sympathetically mediated pain such as in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, or for cancer pain. Morever,...

Spinal-cord stimulators

Spinal cord stimulation is an option for patients who have had inadequate relief with other modalities. Spinal cord stimulation involves...

Intrathecal pain pumps

Pain pumps are devices that are implanted into your body that infuse medications into your spine to give pain relief. Medications...

Kyphoplasty

Kyphoplasty is a procedure for patients have had compression fractures (also called wedge fractures) in the spine. These types of...

Surprising reasons you may have chronic pain

Scars: Old scars can result in entrapment of nerve endings. Insomnia: Sleep deprivation and psychosocial stressors can worsen pain,...