Pain Management Services
The pain management program at SOCH comforts
people recovering from surgical pain, as well as those seeking
relief from the relentless effects of chronic pain.
Pain management specialists on the medical staff
of SOCH, received specialized trained to treat all types of pain.
The program focuses on offering a wide range of treatment options
ranging from conservative drug therapies, epidural anesthesia and
minimally invasive nerve stimulation techniques performed in the
Interventional Center
at SOCH. These are used to treat:
Chronic knee pain caused
by nerve entrapment: Treated with a common peroneal nerve block with nerve stimulation
and ultrasound guidance
Migraine headaches: Treated
with an injection in the base of the skull to numb the nerves
Cervical neck pain caused
by arthritis of the cervical spine: Treated
with a nerve block injection
Shooting arm pain caused
by a pinched nerve: Treated with a cervical
epidural
Chronic arm and neck pain: Treated
with cervical spinal cord stimulation
Lower back pain: Treatment involves injection of local anesthetics,
steroids, or narcotics into affected soft tissues, joints, or nerve
roots to more complex nerve blocks and spinal cord stimulation
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