Pain Physician Services
Our Pain Management Center physicians are experts in their field, helping you reduce your experience of pain. Book an appointment with our physicians to receive specialized treatments to provide relief and enhance your quality of life.
Our expert team takes care of patients experiencing pain. Our board-certified pain physiatrists work with an interdisciplinary team to develop individualized pain management treatment plans addressing the full range of acute to chronic pain.
These treatments may include non-opioid medication management, rehabilitation-based customized care plans, injections and cutting edge advanced pain management procedures. Our physicians are double board-certified in pain medicine and physical medicine & rehabilitation, bringing together the best of these specialties under one roof.
Our thorough physician evaluation includes a medical history review; detailed physical assessment; review of prior imaging and treatments; and collaboration with your referring provider to optimize your care plan.
Conditions We Treat
- Low Back Pain
- Neck Pain
- Spine Conditions
- Arthritis
- Cancer pain
- Cervicogenic headache
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
- Joint pain
- Myofascial pain
- Neuropathy
- Occipital neuralgia
- Chronic Knee Hip And Shoulder Pain From Osteoarthritis
- Chronic Knee Pain After Joint Replacement
- Degenerative Disk Disease
- Facet Syndrome
- Herniated Disks
- Neuropathic Pain
- Radiculopathy/sciatica
- Vertebral Compression Fractures
Procedures
Our physicians may sometimes recommend a procedure to help with your recovery from your pain. The following are some of the procedures that are performed by our fellowship-trained and board-certified pain physiatrists:
Injections
- Epidural steroid injections targeted to the spine to reduce inflammation and relieve pain
- Facet joint and facet nerve injections for back or neck pain
- Joint Injections to reduce inflammation and relieve pain in joints such as the hip, knee, and shoulder
- Occipital nerve injections for headaches and occipital neuralgia
- Sacroiliac (SI) joint injections for low back or buttock pain
- Sympathetic ganglion injections for chronic nerve pain
- Trigger point injections to relieve muscle knots, usually in the upper back and neck
Blocks
- Genicular Nerve Blocks to temporarily block pain signals, often used to diagnose and treat chronic knee pain or arthritis. injected around the knee
- Lumbar sympathetic blocks to reduce certain types of leg pain
- Peripheral nerve blocks to block pain signals coming from specific nerves to the brain
- Plexus blocks for reducing regional pain, such as in the abdomen and pelvis
- Stellate ganglion blocks to reduce pain in the upper extremities
Nerve Stimulation & Other Procedures
- Peripheral nerve stimulation electrical pulses to reduce pain signals going to the brain
- Phenol Ablation Injection using a chemical agent to disrupt nerves, providing lasting relief for certain types of chronic pain
- Radiofrequency ablation procedures use heat to “turn off” pain-carrying nerves
- Spinal cord stimulation a device that sends electrical signals to the spinal cord to interrupt pain signals
- Vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty a procedure to stabilize a fractured vertebra
Referrals & Appointments
Our Pain Management Center will work with your physician or healthcare provider to help facilitate your referral and/or to schedule an evaluation.
- Patients should call 312.238.7800 to learn more and to schedule an appointment.
- For external referring providers, fax order to 312.238.7881 and our Pain Management Center will reach out to the patient to schedule a physician evaluation.
If you’re scheduled for a spinal injection, learn how to prepare for your appointment.
