Blog | Better Life Spine & Pain Center

All Posts

Better Life Pain Clinic spotlights chronic pain in women for Women's History Month

Request an appointment at Better Life Spine & Pain Center: http://bit.ly/BetterLifeHou Ladies, it's officially March, which means it's...

0 comments

Better Life Spine & Pain Center

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...

0 comments

Better Life Spine & Pain Center

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,...

0 comments

Better Life Pain Clinic Team

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...

0 comments

Better Life Pain Clinic Team

Radiofrequency ablations

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

0 comments

Better Life Pain Clinic Team

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...

0 comments

Better Life Spine & Pain Center

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...

0 comments

Better Life Spine & Pain Center

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...

0 comments

Better Life Spine & Pain Center

Sympathetic blocks

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

0 comments

Better Life Spine & Pain Center

Spinal-cord stimulators

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

0 comments

Better Life Spine & Pain Center

Intrathecal pain pumps

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

0 comments

Better Life Spine & Pain Center

Kyphoplasty

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

0 comments

{"items":["603c12630bce2b0043644fe6","602b6bbdb8a55b0017629372","6024b59b427272002d6ae84a","6009b9e7f4c01000170123b7","6009b975462c85001739dafa","6009bcce8fec2c00176a6ee2","6009bdec0d271b00179208cb","6009bb5659ed7f0017534af0","6009ba4ef4c010001701241a","5fc82e812fda3e0017cf8055","5fc82d21df44ba001832d887","5fc83004cd707a00172b54fe"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1.3333333333333333,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":30,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":32,"galleryMargin":0,"scatter":0,"rotatingScatter":"","chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":1,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCropRatios":"","columnWidths":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":1,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":1,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":true,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_ON_THE_RIGHT","galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"nothing","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","slideAnimation":"SCROLL","scrollDirection":0,"scrollDuration":400,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imagePlacementAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":0,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":1,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"jsonStyleParams":"","gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":940,"allowTitle":true,"allowContextMenu":true,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"itemBorderColor":{"themeName":"color_12","value":"rgba(191,191,191,1)"},"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryLayout":2,"targetItemSize":940,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":false,"externalInfoHeight":0,"externalInfoWidth":0.5},"container":{"width":940,"galleryWidth":972,"galleryHeight":0,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}