Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections
Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections are a combination of a steroid and a local anesthetic that is delivered to your lower back…
Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections
This procedure requires a fluoroscope which is a special x-ray machine that allows a precise…
Translaminar Epidural Steroid Injections
This procedure is used to treat chronic neck and back pain and can be performed anywhere along the spine
Facet Injections: Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar
Cervical facet joints are small joints located in pairs on the back/side of your neck whereas thoracic facet joints…
Can I Lead A Normal Life After Taking Pain Medication?
Yes a lot of patients are able to live a normal life with the medications and that’s the whole point of the medications. When we prescribe a medication for chronic pain what we’re looking for is to have any increase in the functionality and/or a decrease in the overall pain level so if we provide…
Some Days my Acute Pain is Much Worse What do I do?
We have a variety of reasons why there are certain days where your pain may be worse. Maybe because you had extra physical activity the same day or the day before, maybe weather changes or maybe just a progression of the disease. Oftentimes people on chronic pain will have a certain baseline of medication and…
Do I have to suffer from Pain For the Rest of My Life?
Oftentimes the answer is no. When we have people come in that have been in pain for say 5,10 or 15 years we go through their physical examination and their history, their previous treatment modalities, and we’re able to find the various things that they haven’t been able to use or have not used thus…
Why do I Need to Take More Medication to get the Same Effect?
The reason some people need to take more medication for the same effect is because you can become tolerant to the medications. If your body consistently sees the medication on a daily basis what it does is it stops reacting as it did before so for the same amount of medication you may have less…
Should I Take Pain Medication Only When I have Pain?
It depends on the type of medications, so some pain medications can be considered rescue medications another can be considered preventive medications so if someone is in chronic pain around the clock then what we typically do is we start them on a pain medication that may last 8-12 hours so you wouldn’t want to…
Will I Become Addicted to Narcotic Pain Medication?
It’s very unlikely to become addicted to narcotic pain medication. There is a very small sub-set of patients that will unfortunately become addicted to these medications just like any other vice weather it would be tobacco, alcohol or gambling or other things like that. We do keep a very close eye on patients. We do…