Peripheral Nerve Block
Peripheral nerve blocks are generally done to control pain arising from a nerve, also known as neuralgia
Trochanteric Bursa Injections
Trochanteric bursitis is a painful hip syndrome most noticeable when hip is in motion
Knee Injections
Injections for knee pain relief are usually administered only for knee pain caused by arthritis since other types of knee pain…
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…
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…
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…
What does a Pain Management Specialist Do?
So as pain management specialist we take care of people that are in acute or chronic pain. Acute pain may be anything from post-surgical pain to an acute injury on a soccer field, at work or with a motor vehicle accident. Chronic pain may be that associated with pain that’s been longer than about 3…
Why is my Pain Medication no Longer Working?
Oftentimes the answer to that maybe two folded. One may be that your disease may be progressing so if a particular type of pain medication or particular dose of medication may no longer be effective because your disease has progressed into something worse. The other possibility, oftentimes it happens specifically with opiate medications is that…
Why can’t my Primary Care Physician prescribe pain medication?
Primary care physicians can prescribe pain medications but oftentimes when it gets to a certain dose or a certain frequency they may leave it up to us as professional pain management physicians to actually incorporate the medication management. The reason for this is that high dose medication management or frequent medication management can lead to…
Are Back Injections For Pain Harmful?
No. Back injections are not harmful if they are done appropriately. We’re very judicious on how often and what type of doses we use when we perform back injections for chronic pain. We have seen unfortunately physicians or patients have come in from different physicians that may end up having 20-30 different back injections and…