Facet joints are small joints located in the neck and back keeping your spine both stable and flexible. Due to normal aging, these joints are subject to wear and tear that can lead to back and neck pain. Facet joint injections can ease inflammation and therefore reduce neck and back pain. This is an
Non-opioid Adjuvant Therapy
Opioids medications are power pain relievers, but may come with serious complications. For this reason, a wide range of non-opioid medications are available to help relieve acute and chronic pain. This approach is known as multi-modal pain control. Multi-modal pain control eases your pain with a
Occipital Nerve Blocks
Many patients with chronic headache report that their pain typically arises from the neck or the back of the head. Supplying this area with sensation are the occipital nerves. When irritated or inflamed these nerves may cause pain called "occipital neuralgia." Occipital neuralgia is a condition that
Opioid Therapy
Opioids medications are power pain relievers. Oxycodone, hydrocodone, and codeine are examples of prescription opioids. So are morphine and fentanyl. They can control severe pain, but may come with serious complications. For this reason, opioid therapy involves oversight and interaction between the
Radiofrequency Ablation
Radiofrequency ablation can kill pain at its source, allowing you to get back to your full, healthy and active life. This procedure uses heat from radio waves to treat painful facet joints in your lower back or neck. It eases pain that isn't helped by medications or physical therapy. Learn
Sacroiliac Joint Injection
Sacroiliac (SI) joint injections can help relieve pain in the lower back, buttocks, groin, and legs caused by sacroiliac joint dysfunction. This injection procedure is performed to relieve pain caused by arthritis in the sacroiliac joint where the spine and hip bone meet. The steroid medication
Spinal Cord Stimulator/ SCS
Spinal cord stimulation, also known as SCS, uses electrical impulses to relieve chronic pain of the back, arms and legs. It is believed that electrical pulses prevent pain signals from being received by the brain. SCS candidates include people who suffer from neuropathic pain and for whom
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
Electrical stimulation was first used in ancient Rome in order to relieve pain by using electric eels. More conveniently, Trans-cutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is now used to treat nerve-related pain conditions and muscle spasms using the same principles of electrical