Pain Management – PACIFIC CREST MULTI SPECIALTY SURGERY

OUR APPROACH

Millions of people suffer from back pain due to sports injuries or auto accidents. However, many people do not report their pain or seek appropriate treatment. Pain management can be simple or complex, depending on the intensity of the pain. We offer full spectrum care to treat our patient as a whole person – not just treat the symptoms, including pain.

Our preventive diagnostic team is made up of a group of dedicated, highly trained professionals whose mission is to provide the very best, comprehensive mobile diagnostic services to patients in a variety of settings.

Epidural Injections

Injections of local anesthetic and steroid can be used to relieve back pain. The epidural space is within the spinal canal and surrounds the spinal cord. Steroid injections into this space can help to decrease inflammation of nerves and other soft tissues in the problematic area.

Facet Injections

Facet joints are the joints in the posterior portion of the spine. There is one set of two facet joints between each vertebra in the spine. These joints can commonly be affected by arthritis and can cause back pain. Injections of local anesthetic and steroid can be used to relieve this pain.

Selective Nerve Root Blocks/Transforaminal Epidural Injection

Nerve root blocks use medications such as local anesthetics or steroids to disable a specific nerve root that is causing pain. Nerve root injury can often be localized by electrodiagnostic testing, and can be caused by herniated discs, stenosis, facet cysts, whiplash, or hyperextension injuries.

Sympathetic Blocks

These blocks are used to disrupt an abnormal pain cycle that can be caused by an overactive sympathetic nervous system. This condition is commonly referred to as complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). It is also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), causalgia, shoulder hand syndrome, or sympathetic pain syndrome.

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