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Diagnosing and Treating Pain

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A key piece of developing your individual treatment plan is to identify the primary cause of your pain and other factors that contribute to ongoing pain. Pain diagnostics may include:

  • Electromyography (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS)
  • Discography
  • CT and MRI

Our experts offer surgical and non-surgical treatments. Your pain treatment plan may include referral to neurospinal surgeons, neurologists, sports medicine experts, physiatrists and physical therapists who specialize in pain management. Treatment options can include:

Before Your Appointment


Please provide a list of your current prescriptions and recent radiology studies (imaging such as MRIs and CTs) before your appointment, if possible.

  • Acupuncture
  • Epidural steroid injections (cervical, thoracic, lumbar)
  • Facet joint blocks (cervical, thoracic, lumbar)
  • Knee, hip, shoulder and elbow injections
  • Lumbar Discography
  • Medications
  • Nerve Blocks (sympathetic, intercostal, occipital and genicular)
  • Pain blocks for pelvic pain syndromes
  • Radiofrequency procedures including facet nerve denervation/neurolysys
  • Sacroiliac joint injections
  • Selective nerve root blocks
  • Stellate ganglion and lumbar sympathetic blocks
  • Spinal cord stimulator (Neuromodulation)
  • Trigger point injections