Pain Treatment

• Low Back pain with leg pain
• Low Back pain without leg pain
• Leg Pain
• Neck Pain With Arm Pain
• Neck Pain Without Arm Pain
• Arm Pain
• Cervicogenic Headache
• Thoracic Back Pain
• Pelvic Pain
• Shingles Pain
• Cancer Pain

Low Back pain with leg pain due to: Lumbar Disc Disease, Spondylosis, Spondylolysis, Spondylolithesis, Spinal Stenosis, Facet Joint Arthritis, Failed Back Surgery.

Possible diagnostic tests include:

1. Transforaminal Epidural Injection
2. Discography
3. Facet Nerve Injections
4. Sacroiliac Joint Injections
5. Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks

Possible Treatments include:

1. Transforaminal Epidural Injections
2. Lysis of Epidural Adhesions
3. Pulsed Radiofrequency Lesioning
4. Sacroiliac Joint Blocks
5. Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks
6. Neucleoplasty/ Percutaneous Disc Decompression
7. Spinal Cord Stimulators
8. Intrathecal Pump Implants

Low Back pain without leg pain due to: Spondylosis, Spondylolysis, Spondylolithesis, Spinal Stenosis, Facet Joint Arthritis, Failed Back Surgery.

Possible diagnostic tests include:

1. Facet Nerve Injections
2. Discography
3. Sacroiliac Joint Injections
4. Transforaminal Epidural Injection
5. Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks

Possible Treatments include:

1. Radiofrequency Lesioning of facet nerves
2. Lysis of Epidural Adhesions
3. Sacroiliac Joint Blocks
4. Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks
5. Transforaminal Epidural Blocks
6. Spinal Cord Stimulators
7. Intrathecal Pump Implants

Leg Pain due to: Lumbar Disc Disease, Spinal Stenosis, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy), Vascular Disease

Possible diagnostic tests include:

1. Transforaminal Epidural Injection
2. Discography
3. Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks

Possible Treatments include:

1. Transforaminal Epidural Injections
2. Lysis of Epidural Adhesions
3. Pulsed radiofrequency Lesioning
4. Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks
5. Neucleoplasty/ Percutaneous Disc Decompression
6. Spinal Cord Stimulators
7. Intrathecal Pump Implants

Neck Pain With Arm Pain due to: Cervical Disc Disease, Spondylosis, Spondylolithesis, Cervical Facet Joint Arthritis, Failed Neck Surgery.

Possible diagnostic tests include:

1. Transforaminal Epidural Injection
2. Discography
3. Facet Nerve Injections
4. Stellate Ganglion Blocks

Possible Treatments include:

1. Transforaminal Epidural Injections
2. Lysis of Epidural Adhesions
3. Pulsed Radiofrequency Lesioning
4. Stellate Ganglion Blocks
5. Spinal Cord Stimulators
6. Intrathecal Pump Implants

Neck Pain Without Arm Pain due to: Cervical Disc Disease, Spondylosis, Spondylolithesis, Cervical Facet Joint Arthritis, Failed Neck Surgery

Possible diagnostic tests include:

1. Facet Nerve Injections
2. Discography
3. Transforaminal Epidural Injection
4. Third Occipital nerve blocks
5. Atlanto-axial joint injections

Possible Treatments include:

1. Radiofrequency Lesioning of facet nerves
2. Lysis of Epidural Adhesions
3. Transforaminal Epidural Blocks
4. Radiofrequency Lesioning of the third Occipital Nerve

Arm Pain due to: Cervical Disc Disease, Spondylosis, Spondylolithesis, Cervical Facet Joint Arthritis, Failed Neck Surgery. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy)

Possible diagnostic tests include:

1. Transforaminal Epidural Injection
2. Discography
3. Facet Nerve Injections
4. Stellate Ganglion Blocks

Possible Treatments include:

1. Transforaminal Epidural Injections
2. Lysis of Epidural Adhesions
3. Pulsed Radiofrequency Lesioning
4. Stellate Ganglion Blocks
5. Spinal Cord Stimulators
6. Intrathecal Pump Implants

Cervicogenic Headache – Headaches which have their cause in the neck.

Possible diagnostic tests include:

1. Facet Nerve Injections
2. Discography
3. Transforaminal Epidural Injection
4. Third Occipital nerve blocks
5. Atlanto-axial joint injections
6. Atlanto-Occipital Joint Injections
7. Greater Occipital Nerve Blocks
8. C-2 nerve Block

Possible Treatments include:

1. Radiofrequency Lesioning of facet nerves
2. Radiofrequency Lesioning of the Third Occipital Nerve
3. Transforaminal Epidural Injections
4. Pulsed Radiofrequency Lesioning C-2 Nerve
5. Atlanto-axial joint injections
6. Atlanto-Occipital Joint Injections
7. Greater Occipital Nerve Blocks

Thoracic Back Pain due to: Thoracic Disc Disease, Spondylosis, Facet Joint Arthritis.

Possible diagnostic tests include:

1. Facet Nerve Injections
2. Discography
3. Transforaminal Epidural Injection

Possible Treatments include:

1. Radiofrequency Lesioning of facet nerves
2. Transforaminal Epidural Blocks

Pelvic Pain:

Possible Diagnostic Test include:

1. Hypogastric Plexus Block
2. Lumbar Sympathetic Block
3. Sacral Transforaminal injections

Possible Treatments include:

1. Hypogastric Plexus Block with phenol
2. Radiofrequency Lesioning of the Lumbar Sympathetic Nerves
3. Pulsed Radiofrequency Lesioning of the Sacral Nerves
4. Sacral Nerve Stimulation

Shingles Pain (Post-Herpetic Neuralgia).

Possible Treatments:

1. Stellate Ganglion Block
2. Radiofrequency Lesioning of the Stellate Ganglion
3. Lumbar Sympathetic Block
4. Radiofrequency Lesioning of the Lumbar Sympathetic Nerves.
5. Transforaminal Epidural Nerve Block
6. Pulsed Radiofrequency Lesioning of Nerve Roots
7. Intrathecal Steroid Injection

Cancer Pain: due to cancer progression or secondary to cancer treatments.