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Stellate Ganglion Block Treatment for Long Covid

Have you recovered from the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19? Whether you had a mild or ...

Secure Patient Portal

Welcome to Premier Pain and Spine secure patient portal. Putting Your health is in your hands! ...

PPS is Partnering with AccuHealth to Offer CCM & RPM Programs

As we get closer to the end of the year, we would like to once again ...

Joint Pain Symptoms and Relief

Stiff and painful joints are a common experience among aging individuals, and get in the way ...

Knee Pain Treatments and Relief

The knees endure a lifetime of stress supporting the rest of the body, and injury to ...

Back Pain Treatments and Relief

Back pain occurring between the base of the neck and the bottom of the rib cage ...

Neck Pain Treatments and Relief

Relief of pain can be elusive in cases involving the neck. The more delicate vertebrae in ...

Phantom Limb Pain and Your Brain

Phantom limb pain is the continuing sensation of pain from a limb that has been amputated ...

Tips to Deal with Chronic Lower Back Pain

According to a survey, about one in four Americans has had a recent bout of lower ...

4 Ways to Relieve Acute Back Pain

We take healthy backs for granted. That is, until back pain makes its debut in your ...

Chronic Neck Pain: What To Look For and How To Treat It

Nearly 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, which is more than diabetes, heart disease, stroke, ...

Bulging Disc

Pain Associated with Bulging Disc FAQs on Bulging Disc It is estimated that 90% of Americans ...

What causes neck pain?

There are many causes of neck pain, both acute and chronic. If your pain suddenly occurs ...

What Are the Do’s and Don’ts of Back Pain

All of us experience back pain at some point in our life. In fact it’s the ...

Did you know Sciatica (sci·at·i·ca) is the Symptom of an Underlying Medical Condition?

Sciatica is a term used to describe a set of symptoms caused by an underlying medical ...

Five Considerations Before Undergoing Back Surgery

Learn About Lower Back Surgery Considerations Hello. This is Dr. David Green education director for premier ...

Whiplash

Pain Associated with Whiplash Whiplash is a laymans term used to describe injury to the soft ...

Tension Headaches

Pain Associated with Tension Headaches WHAT IS A TENSION HEADACHE? Collapse A tension headache, also commonly ...

Sacroiliac Joint Pain

Sacroiliac Joint Injection Frequently Asked Questions Sacroiliac Joint Injection What is a sacroiliac joint injection used ...

Rotator Cuff

Pain Associated with Rotator Cuff Injuries WHAT IS THE ROTATOR CUFF? Collapse The rotator cuff is ...

Herniated Disc

Disc Pain Associated with Arthritis WHAT IS A HERNIATED DISC? Collapse Small discs made of tissue ...

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Fbss

Arthritis The term Failed Back Surgery Syndrome is a misnomer; it is actually a general term ...

Coccydynia

Arthritis WHAT IS COCCYDYNIA? Also referred to as tailbone pain, Coccydynia is a condition in which ...

Cluster Headaches

Arthritis Approximately 45 million Americans suffer from some type of chronic headache. More than one million ...

Atypical Chest Pain

What is Atypical Chest Pain? When one experiences chest pain that doesn’t meet the criteria for ...

Adult Scoliosis

  Arthritis Scoliosis is a condition that causes an irregular side to side curvature of the ...

Adult Degenerative Scoliosis

Arthritis The Basics of Adult Degenerative Scoliosis Scoliosis is a medical condition whereby a person’s spine ...

Migraines

Arthritis Migraines are headaches that cause intense throbbing and pulsing sensations in the head commonly accompanied by ...

Diagnosing Whiplash and Treatments Beyond Physical Therapy

When you hear about whiplash, it may stir up thoughts of clunky soft collar braces, utilized for ...

When Your Chronic Pain Causes Anxiety, it’s Time to Take Control

When you suffer from a painful chronic condition, even during fleeting moments of relief, you may experience ...

Choosing an Insert – Which One Will Help Your Feet?

There are 26 bones in each foot, plus 33 joints, 107 ligaments just waiting to become ...

Premier Pain & Spine Welcomes Dr. Asma Asif

Premier Pain & Spine (PPS), a field-leading pain management clinic specializing in interventional pain medicine, announces Dr. Asma Asif as ...

The Brain-Body Connection: Is Chronic Pain Affecting Your Mental Health?

The short answer is yes – chronic pain is often associated with mental illness. This correlation doesn’t ...

Living with Back Pain: Making Adjustments to the Way You Work

When you have back pain, day-to-day tasks at work can loom ahead of you, seeming impossible. ...

Degenerative Disc Disease, What is it? And How can it be treated?

So you’re experiencing pain in your lower back or neck that reaches your legs, thighs and ...

A guide to the most common types of pain and how to seek help.

While pain does not feel the same to everyone, it’s important to describe and discuss your ...

Foot Pain – Those Boots You Wore Were Not Made for Walking

In 2014, the American Podiatric Medical Association performed a survey, and found that 77% of people ...

Is Your Posture Causing You Pain?

We put our bodies through a lot of wear and tear, and we often make it ...

Types of Pain, and How to Ask for Help

There are all sorts of aches and pains that human beings deal with. They may come ...

What is Pain Management?

If you suffer from chronic pain, you probably long for the days before your life was ...

Premier Pain & Spine Chicago Has Won an Award for Customer Satisfaction for 7th Consecutive Year

We are delighted and proud to announce that Premier Pain & Spine has once again won ...

Pain Management – Some of Us Are Just More Sensitive

There are many dynamics at play when it comes to experiencing pain.  They all determine how ...

Breathing Your Way Through a Broken Rib

It differs depending upon the person and their situation, but a broken rib can take about ...

5 Fixes for When Your Hip Pain Hands You Headaches

So, your hip pain probably won’t literally give you headaches (if it does, make an appointment ...

How to Stay Active When Dealing with Pain

When you get hurt, have surgery, or are dealing with a painful condition, one of the ...

Chronic Pain Can Lead to Loneliness, But Finding Support is Easier than Ever

Many painful conditions are invisible. It makes it hard for the outside world to relate. For ...

Abdominal Pain: What’s Causing Yours?

Abdominal pain can be a frustrating complex issue for many sufferers. The abdominal cavity is home ...

Women’s Health: Make a Plan to Manage Your Painful Conditions and Thrive

There are many painful ailments that affect the female population. Some of them are due to ...

Kidney Stones – More than Just a Pain in the Neck

Kidney stones are more than a pain to deal with. If you’re suffering from stones right ...

Taking Control Back from Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Studies show that Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) affects as much as 25% of the population, but ...

Dealing with the Anxiety of Facial Pain Associated with Trigeminal Neuralgia

Anxiety affects most people, but living with a chronic painful condition can produce insurmountable anxiety that ...

Is Phantom Limb Pain Permanent?

When you lose a limb, or any part of your body, the experience can be traumatic. ...

Prepare for Your Appointment: Know How to Describe Your Pain

If you look up the word “pain,” Merriam-Webster will tell you that it is, “Usually localized ...

How to Move Forward When You Suffer from Chronic Post-Op Pain

Most people who undergo a surgical procedure do so to reduce some ailment that's causing them ...

Is There a Cure for Diabetic Neuropathy?

A diabetes diagnosis can be scary. There are a lot of potential problems that can arise ...

When Shingles Hurts Even Worse: Postherpetic Neuralgia

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, a third of the population will get ...

Platelet Rich Plasma Injections: Extending Athlete’s Careers & Extinguishing Pain

Professional athletes invariably have access to the newest, most advanced technologies in healthcare… and for a ...

Top PRP News

As we jumpstart the new year, we wanted to look at the latest advancements and news ...

Chilled to the Bone? How the Winter Affects Your Chronic Pain

Remember when you were young, and your grandma would say to you, “It’s going to rain. ...

Platelet-Rich Plasma Treatment for Carpal Tunnel

Carpal Tunnel is on the rise, for a couple of reasons. Obesity is a huge risk ...

More than “Just a Headache” – How Injections Can Provide Relief from Migraines & Cluster Headaches

If you, or a loved one, suffer from migraines or cluster headaches, you know the agony ...

Arthritis: Osteoarthritis, or Rheumatoid Arthritis – What’s the Difference?

Arthritis is a common, painful condition that often affects those who suffer for their entire lives, ...

When Whiplash Won’t Go Away – Consider Facet Injections

When you hear about whiplash, it may stir up thoughts of clunky soft collar braces, utilized ...

Is a Celiac Plexus Block the Answer to Your Chronic Abdominal Pain?

We all experience pain for a reason. The sensation brings deeper, systemic issues to our attention ...

Will Lumbar Radiofrequency Ablation Relieve Your Pain?

Lumbar radiofrequency ablation, sometimes referred to as rhizotomy, is a fairly non-invasive procedure that offers long-term ...

Stand Up Straight with Spinal Cord Stimulation

nerve pain along the spine. It worked by adjusting the nerve’s activity so the patient stopped ...

Kyphoplasty 101

People who suffered from vertebral pain due to osteoarthritis used to have to rely on pain ...

Everything You Need to Know About Epidural Injections

If you’re seeking out information about epidural steroid injections, it probably means you’re in pain. It ...

Are Joint Injections the Answer?

If you’re thinking about getting joint injections to treat your pain, you’re in good company. An ...

A Quick Guide to Facet Injections

Dealing with spinal issues can be debilitating. It’s probably hard to stand up. You may experience ...

How Platelet Therapy Can Relieve Your Pain

For a long time, people have been told that suffering in pain is a normal part ...

How Platelet Therapy Can Relieve Your Pain

For a long time, people have been told that suffering in pain is a normal part ...

What is Platelet-Rich Plasma?

Platelet-rich plasma is a mixture of blood, often sourced from the original patient, in which the ...

Superion Interspinous Spacer

The Superion Indirect Decompression System is a minimally invasive treatment for patients who are diagnosed with ...

Overview of Acute Headaches from a Top Chicago Pain Clinic

Acute headaches cause different kinds of pain with their own unique sets of symptoms. They happen for ...

Overview of CDC Guidelines regarding Pain Management

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released guideline recommendations for primary care doctors who ...

Read this before undergoing spine surgery (ways to get relief nonoperatively)

There are many individuals that suffer from acute and chronic back pain and injuries. Contrary to ...

FAQs on Spinal Cord Stimulation for Peripheral Vascular Disease Pain

Apart from neuropathic and nociceptive pain, spinal cord stimulation is also an excellent method to manage ...

FAQs on Pelvic Pain from a Chicago Pain Clinic

Pelvic pain is any discomfort in the area below the umbilicus (belly button) and between the ...

FAQs on Spinal Cord Stimulation for Postherpetic Neuralgia

Spinal cord stimulation is considered the best way to ensure long-term relief from postherpetic neuralgia pain ...

How is Dekompressor Discectomy Performed?

Herniated disc is a displacement of the inner disc material beyond the intervertebral disc space. One ...

Superior Hypogastric Block for Chronic Pelvic Pain

The superior hypogastric plexus block is used for the alleviation of chronic pelvic pain in people ...

Dr. Chekka Now Offering Revolutionary Spinal Stenosis Treatment

Since its inception, Premier Pain & Spine has widely been known to set the gold standard ...

What Can I Expect From a Pain Management Clinic

Millions of Americans are living with chronic pain. The good news is you need not any ...

Benefits of Epidural Steroid Injection

An epidural steroid injection (ESI) involves injecting the space around the spinal cord with an anti-inflammatory ...

What is a Discography?

Discography is a diagnostic procedure where x-ray dye is injected under mild pressure into one or ...

Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment

Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) treatment is a novel therapeutic modality with many uses in pain management. There ...

Transforaminal Epidural Injections for Lumbar Radiculopathy

Low back pain is one of the most challenging musculoskeletal problems for pain management specialists. Radiculopathy ...

4 Most Important Things You Should Look For In a Pain Management Clinic

If you are living with chronic pain, life may seem hopeless without any chance of respite ...

3 Features That Make Prp Therapy the Ultimate Pain Treatment

AUTOLOGOUS Conventional pain treatments offer only a Band-Aid to pain while surgery is risky with lengthy ...

Basics of Top Foot Pain Treatment

Foot Pain According to the American Podiatric Medical Association, the average person takes around 9,000 to ...

Basics of Top Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Treatment

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a chronic condition that causes wrist pain, hand ...

Basics of Top Abdominal Pain Treatment

Everyone experiences abdominal pain at some time during life. It has many causes, such as indigestion, ...

Basics of Top Pelvic Pain Treatment

Pelvic Pain Pelvic pain is a common issue for many women. Often, the cause of pelvic ...

Basics of Top Treatment for Shingles

Shingles is a viral infection of a nerve that affects the skin surface supplied by that ...

3 Incredible Advantages Of Prp Therapy

Do you remember how your cuts and bruises healed magically when you were a kid? That ...

Overview of Sacroiliac Joint Pain Treatment

Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Pain There are two sacroiliac (SI) joints in the human body. These joints are ...

Top Treatment for Postlaminectomy Syndrome

Post-Laminectomy Syndrome Post-laminectomy syndrome (PLS) is a chronic, painful disorder that occurs after someone undergoes back ...

Top Treatment for Post-Herpetic Neuralgia

Post-Herpetic Neuralgia Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a nerve-related pain syndrome that occurs after an outbreak of ...

Overview of Top Migraine Treatment

A migraine headache is an intense headache that causes throbbing, sensitivity to sound and light, and ...

The Top Pain Treatment for Diabetic Neuropathy

Patients with diabetes can develop abnormalities of the peripheral nerves in their extremities over time. This ...

5 Modern Nerve Block Treatments for Chronic Pain Management

Pain can make normal life really difficult, chronic pain even more so. Nerve blocks are a ...

The Top Back Pain Treatment

Back pain can affect any portion of the spine, from the neck to the buttocks. Some ...

Arthritis Treatment

Arthritis is a condition characterized by joint inflammation. This disease can affect one joint or multiple ...

3 Incredible pain treatments at top pain management clinic

Chronic pain may seem incurable since you have been enduring it for years. But nothing could ...

Top Nonoperative Knee Pain Treatment

Knee Pain Knee pain is a common problem for millions of Americans. The pain is often ...

Top Nonoperative Pelvic Pain Treatment

What is chronic pelvic pain? Female pelvic pain is any pain felt below the belly button. ...

Top Nonoperative Hip Pain Treatment

Hip Pain Hip pain is a common complaint among older people. However, persons of any age ...

Overview of Effective Headache Treatment

Headaches More than 45 million Americans suffer with headaches, according to the National Headache Foundation. Of ...

Dr. Mehta wins Talk Award for 4th Consecutive Year

The Talk Awards congratulate those companies that are committed to making their customers’ experience the best ...

Stay Prepared to Tackle Injuries Anytime

If you exercise regularly you know quite well that injuries can happen any time. Injuries bring ...

Treatment Options for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis Medications There are many medications for Rheumatoid arthritis. The first is an anti-rheumatic drug ...

Swimmer Shoulder Treatment is Easy with Pain Management Doctors

Swimmer’s shoulder is one of the coinages that cover a range of painful shoulder muscles and ...

What is Spondylolisthesis and How is it Treated?

There are many different potential causes of back and neck pain. Spondylolisthesis is when a bone ...

What are the Causes of Chronic Joint Pain?

A large systematic literature review of chronic pain showed that the prevalence rate varies from 10% ...

Pain Clinic – Best in Class Pain Treatments!

Body pain is something which almost all people would have associated themselves. As is evident to ...

Top 5 Tips to Prevent Lower Back Injury and Pain

The lower back of the human anatomy is very prone to injuries with a sudden fervor. ...

Research Shows How Fatigue is Causing Chronic Pain

Know How Fatigue is Causing Chronic Pain in Chicago It was in the year 1980 that ...

Simple yet Healthy Habit to Get Relieve from Back Pain

Do you want to get rid of your back pain and neck pain this year? Well, ...

Chronic Back Pain after Hysterectomy – How it Affects Life?

Back is the most malfunctioned part of our body. Back is the second most popular reason ...

Chronic Pain related to Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

Fact on Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) If you choose to have back surgery, there is ...

Interventional Procedures for Chronic Low Back Pain

Many patients with chronic low back pain do not respond to conservative treatments, such as medications ...

How Nerve and Facet Joint Blocks Relieve Pain

Info from the Chicago Pain Management Doctors at PPS Nerve blocks and facet joint blocks are ...

Ways to treat chronic pain without medication – Comprehensive Pain Management

Pain medication usually offers temporary relief from chronic pain conditions and may be associated with short ...

How Can Acupuncture Help To Reduce Pain?

Acupuncture is a 3000 year old healing technique that originated in China. Presently, acupuncture is a ...

How Does Pain Management Clinics Help You Get Over Abdominal Pain

Almost every one of us has experienced abdominal pain at some point in our lifetime. Most ...

FAQs on Auto Injury Treatment

When you have been in an automobile accident, you need a Chicago auto injury doctor who ...

FAQs on Celiac Plexus Block

Celiac plexus block is widely used to treat chronic abdominal pain traced to cancer in the ...

FAQs on Superior Hypogastric Plexus Block

Superior hypogastric plexus block to manage pelvic pain was widely studied in the 1990s and 2000s ...

FAQs on Trigger Point Injections

FAQs on Trigger Point Injections Trigger point injections are a viable option to treat referred pain ...

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Treatment

FAQs on Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Spinal stenosis, disk herniation, vertebrae damage, radiculopathy and other injuries ...

FAQs on Spinal Cord Stimulator

FAQs on Spinal Cord Stimulator Implants Spinal cord stimulator was first introduced in 1967. The FDA ...

How to Treat Neuroma at Our Pain Clinics

Acoustic Neuromas which are also called vestibular schwannomas or acoustics are basically 8th cranial nerve non-malignant tumors. ...

Brief Idea about Pain Medication Management

Pain is an unpleasant feeling which is associated with tissue damage. Pain management is basically a ...

FAQs on Lumbar Discogram

FAQs on Discogram/ Discography Discogram, also known as discography, is an investigated technique to determine if ...

Treatment and Exercises-Whiplash Injury Recovery

Whiplash, an injury to the ligaments and the dons in the neck is caused when it ...

All You Need To Know About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

People who are required to sit at a desk all day and work on their computer, ...

Tendonitis Treatment at our Pain Center

Just like the long steel ropes that support the Golden Gate Bridge, thick fibrous bands of ...

Some Tips You Can Apply To Avoid Knee Replacement Surgery

In recent times, according to doctors in the field, more and more young people are opting ...

What’s the difference between epidural injections and facet injections?

When it comes to injections for back pain and sciatica, there are two injections that are ...

Auto Accident and Injury Treatment

A brief and instant auto accident can cause severe physical harm to the body. Even in ...

Pain Medication Management

If you're one of the many who are living with chronic pain, we have some important ...

Why Should You Choose Chicago Pain Management Clinic

Pain management is a very important aspect. More than 6 billion Americans suffer from acute pain ...

Spinal Stenosis Treatment With Back Pain Specialist

What is spinal stenosis? Spinal stenosis is when the spaces in your backbone actually narrow and ...

What is Limb Pain? Described By Pain Management Doctors

What is Limb Pain? Pain may affect the entire part of a leg or arm. Most ...

Piriformis Syndrome Treatment and Pain Management

Piriformis syndrome Piriformis syndrome is a rather uncommon disorder. It is a neuromuscular disorder which is ...

Spinal Cord Stimulation With Pain Management

What is spinal cord stimulation? Spinal cord stimulation is a specialized device that is used to ...

Joint Pain Treatment With Pain Management Doctors

You may need to go to pain management doctors Chicago if you are suffering.Joint injections may be a ...

Chiropractic Treatment and Pain Management

If you require chiropractic treatment, you will be able to access this service easily and quickly ...

Whiplash and Pain Management – What Do I Do Next?

What is Whiplash? Whiplash, neck sprain or strain, is an injury to the neck. It mostly occurs ...

Facts on Muscle Soreness

Many people who play sports find that with time, they sustain injuries. But what many people ...

Minimally Invasive Pain Management Techniques

Minimally Invasive Pain techniques involve various injections and placement of devices into your body. These techniques ...

The Top Most 5 Common Reasons for Back Pain

At a certain point in life, approximately 80% of Americans experience back pain. Back pain can ...

Dr. Kiran Chekka Assists Nepal Earthquake Victims in Humanitarian Mission

Dr. Kiran Chekka, one of the Board Certified pain management doctors at Premier Pain & Spine ...

Dr. Kiran Chekka Visits Nepal to Help Earthquake Victims

Dr. Chekka has felt the call to aid the thousands of victims of the devastating 7.9 ...

An Overview of the Different Types of Headaches

According to recent studies, as many as 45 million people suffer from headaches. There are people ...

How Does Radiofrequency Ablation Work?

What is radiofrequency ablation? Radiofrequency Ablation is a precise procedure that uses radio waves or electric current ...

Pelvic Pain Treatment

FAQs on Pelvic Pain Chronic pelvic pain is discomfort that persists for 6 months or longer. ...

Kyphoplasty & Vertebroplasty Info

FAQs on Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty Osteoporosis affects more than 28 million people in America. With osteoporosis, ...

Disc Injection info

What Are Disc Injections? Disc injections are used for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. As the ...

Splanchnic Nerve Blocks for Chronic Nerve Block

What Areas Does the Splanchnic Nerve Effect One of the treatment options for abdominal pain is ...

Stellate Ganglion Block FAQs

What is a Stellate Ganglion Block? This type of block is a local anesthetic injection around ...

Epidural Injection FAQs

Used since the 1950s, epidural steroid injections have an average success rate of over 75 percent ...

Ganglion Impar Block FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions on Ganglion Impar Block What is a ganglion impar block? When a patient ...

FAQs on Lumbar Sympathetic Block

What are the sympathetic nerves? On the front of your spinal column are a group of ...

Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty Explained

What are Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty? Vertebral compression fractures are often treated by Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty, two ...

Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks for Trigeminal Neuralgia and RSD

What is a sphenopalatine ganglion? The sphenopalatine ganglion is a 5mm in size bundle collection of ...

Celiac Plexus Blocks for Abdominal Pain

What is a Celiac Plexus Block? Understanding what a Celiac Plexus Block is begins with knowing ...

FAQs on Stellate Ganglion Blocks

What is a stellate ganglion block? When your Chicago pain doctor injects a local anesthetic around ...

FAQs about Spinal Cord Stimulator

What is spinal cord stimulation (SCS)? If your back surgery has failed, and you experience chronic ...

Botox Injections and Associated Migraines

When a person experiences a chronic migraine, it can be disabling and debilitating. A headache of ...

Epidural Blood Patch FAQ Info

Epidural Blood Patch FAQs An epidural blood patch is an outpatient procedure where blood is injected ...

Why You Should Seek Pain Doctors Who Accept Liens after a Car Accident

Supposing you have been in a car accident, and it was clearly the other person’s fault, ...

Overview of Treatment of Migraines

A migraine is a severe type of headache that interferes with daily activities. A migraine headache ...

Treatment of a Herniated Disc

Often referred to as a ruptured or slipped disc, a herniated disc occurs most often in ...

Premier Pain & Spine Featured in Chicago Tribune for Life Changing Treatment

Recently the Chicago Tribune featured an article about spinal cord stimulator implants with a focus on ...

What Exactly is a Stellate Ganglion Block?

What conditions can be treated with the stellate ganglion block? The stellate ganglion block is used ...

Overview of Disc Herniation

A herniated disc however is a far more advanced condition in which the harder outer layer ...

FAQs on Superior Hypogastric Plexus Blocks

What is the superior hypogastric plexus? The superior hypogastric plexus refers to the bundle of nerves ...

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is a condition where a patient has back surgery that is ...

Treatment of Pelvic Pain

Pelvic pain often is related to a woman’s reproductive organs and structures of the pelvis. However, ...

Why does my back hurt? Top 10 Reasons

This is a very nonspecific symptom that can have a wide range of underlying causes. While ...

Facts on Sciatica

Sciatica Sciatica is a type of pain that affects the sciatic nerve, which extends from the ...

FAQs of Sacroiliac Joint Injections

The sacroiliac joint is the joint where the bottom section of the spine called the sacrum ...

FAQs of Extremity Arthritis in the Knee, Hip, or Shoulder

Joints are comprised of where bones meet and move against one another. To stop these bones ...

FAQs on Epidural Blood Patch

If a procedure requires a spinal puncture (such as a spinal tap or lumbar epidural) one ...

FAQs on Facet Syndrome

In Facet Syndrome the cartilage on these joint surfaces has deteriorated to the point where friction ...

FAQs on Medial Branch Blocks – What are They?

Medial branch blocks A medial branch block is a procedure that is used primarily as a ...

FAQs on Hip Pain and Treatment

What is Hip Pain? The hips are single largest support structure in the body, as they ...

An Overview of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

Most of the approximately one half million back surgeries performed annually are performed to relieve the ...

Joint Injection for the treatment of the Knee, the Hip, the Shoulder, or the Sacroiliac Joint

Joint injections are designed to provide symptomatic relief to one or more joints that are producing ...

An Overview of Phantom Limb Pain Treatment

Phantom Limb Pain can occur after an accident where the person lost the body part, (such ...

How does an epidural steroid injection work?

Interventional pain management is referring to a specialized approach that concentrates on the use of minimally ...

5 Things You Should Know about Facet Injections

The term facet injection is self explanatory, as this is an injection which is injected into ...

Chronic Pain From Whiplash Due to Auto Accidents

An injury to the neck, also known as neck strain or neck sprain, is generally referred ...

Options for Pinched Nerves in the Neck

It may be interesting to know that not all pinched nerves in the neck cause pain, ...

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