Pain medicine focuses on the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of acute and chronic pain conditions. Pain specialists use a multidisciplinary approach including medications, nerve blocks, spinal injections, physical rehabilitation, and neuromodulation techniques.
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A pain specialist treats chronic back and neck pain, neuropathic pain, complex regional pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, cancer pain, post-surgical pain, headaches and migraines, arthritis pain, and pain from spinal conditions such as herniated discs and spinal stenosis.
Interventional pain procedures include epidural steroid injections, nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation, joint injections, trigger point injections, and intrathecal drug delivery systems. These target specific pain sources to provide relief.
Consult a pain specialist if your pain persists beyond three months, is not adequately controlled by primary care medications, interferes with daily activities, sleep, or mental health, or if you need guidance on reducing opioid dependency.
Yes, most chronic pain is managed with non-surgical approaches including medication optimization, physical therapy, interventional injections, cognitive behavioral therapy, acupuncture, and neuromodulation. Surgery is considered only when a correctable structural cause is identified.
Online pain consultations are effective for reviewing diagnostic reports, adjusting pain medication, discussing interventional options, and developing comprehensive pain management plans. Procedures themselves require in-person visits.