Treatments
We Offer the Following Treatments
Facet Injections
Facet Injection is an outpatient procedure where an anesthetic and a steroid are injected into one or more face joints. The injection can be used for diagnosing and treating thoracic, cervical or lumbar pain caused by the inflamed or injured facet joints.
Epidural Steroid Injections
Epidural Steroid Injection is an injection of local anesthetic and a corticosteroid (anti-inflammatory medicine) in the epidural space – which is the area surrounding the spinal cord and the nerves coming out of it, to reduce inflammation.
RadioFrequency Ablation (RFA)
RadioFrequency Ablation (RFA) uses radiofrequency energy to disrupt nerve function. When this is done to a medial branch nerve, the nerve can no longer transmit pain from an injured facet joint.
Medial Branch Block
A Medial Branch Block involves injecting a local anesthetic (numbing medicine) near the medial branch nerve, which stops the transmission of pain signals from the facet joint.
Discogram
A discogram is an enhanced X-ray examination of the intervertebral discs. Dye is injected into the center of the injured disc(s). The dye makes the disc clearly visible on X-ray film and on a fluoroscope (special X-ray TV screen).
Stellate Ganglion Block
Stellate Ganglion Injection is an injection of local anesthetic in the “sympathetic nerve tissue” – the nerves which are a part of Sympathetic Nervous System. The nerves are located on the either side of the voice box, in the neck.
Prolotherapy
Prolotherapy is also known as nonsurgical ligament reconstruction, and is a treatment for chronic pain. Prolotherapy uses a dextrose (sugar water) solution, which is injected into the ligament or tendon where it attaches to the bone. This causes a localized inflammation in these weak areas which then increases the blood supply and flow of nutrients and stimulates the tissue to repair itself.
Sacroiliac Injection
A sacroiliac joint injection places local anesthetic (pain-relieving medication) in the sacroiliac joint, which is the region of your low back and buttocks where your pelvis joins the spine. Once the sacroiliac joints become painful, they may cause pain in the low back, buttocks, abdomen, groin, or legs. The amount of immediate relief experienced during the injection will help confirm or deny the joint as a source of pain. The cortisone (steroid) will help to reduce any inflammation that may exist within the joint(s).
Sacroiliac Injection Brochure