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PAIN MANAGEMENT
The Neuroscience Center for Pain, Headache and Spasticity
 Do you suffer from chronic pain?
Have you not responded to initial attempts at pain reduction?
Does your pain impact or limit your day to day functioning?
Would your personal physician like a 2nd opinion or treatment suggestions regarding
the management of your pain?
Has your pain not been linked to clear cause?
Do you desire a comprehensive and coordinated treatment program?
Pain management is the process of providing medical care that alleviates or reduces pain. Pain management is an extremely important part of health care, as patients forced to remain in severe pain often become agitated and/or depressed and have poorer treatment outcomes. Mild to moderate pain can usually be treated with analgesic medications, such as aspirin or ibuprofen. For chronic or severe pain, opiates and other narcotics are often used, sometimes in concert with analgesics; with steroids or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs when the pain is related to inflammation; or with anti-depressants, which can potentiate some pain medications without raising the actual dose of the drug, and which affect the brain's perception of pain. Narcotics carry with them a potential for side effects and addiction, so patients and caregivers must weigh the level of pain against these dangers in the pain management process. The risk of addiction is not normally a concern in the care of terminal patients.
For hospitalized patients with severe pain, devices for self- administration of narcotics are now frequently used. Other procedures can also be useful in pain management programs. For bedridden patients, simply changing position regularly or using pillows to support a more comfortable posture can be effective. Massage, acupuncture, acupressure, and biofeedback have also shown some validity for increased pain control in some patients.
At the Neuroscience Center for Pain, Headache and Spasticity we take a comprehensive approach in the management of acute and chronic pain. Our highly trained multidisciplinary team consists of a neurological surgeon, neurologist, interventional pain management specialist, nurse practitioner , physical therapist, occupational therapist and psychologist. Our goal is to help patients maintain a comfortable quality of life by maximizing heir physical, emotional and functional potential. Our staff is dedicated to maintaining ongoing lines of communication with referring physicians via timely reports or phone calls.
We treat various types of pain including but not limited to the following:
Chronic pain including:
 Neck pain
Back pain
Pelvic pain
Cancer pain
Nerve pain
Facial pain
Headache
Migraine
Cluster
Chronic Daily Headache
Failed back surgery syndrome
Pinched nerves
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy)
Sciatica
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Other Complex Pain Problems
Services offered:
Comprhensive evaluations
Diagnostic and therapeutic nerve blocks
Electrodiagnostic studies
Epidural steroid injections
Spinal cord stimulation
Botox injections for pain
Implantable pumps for spinal delivery of medication for controlling pain
Trigger point injections
Medication management
Minimally invasive spinal surgeries
State of the art spinal surgeries
Acupuncture
For more information call 443-552-2665.
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