Stellate Ganglion Block
... What is a stellate ganglion block? The stellate is a group of nerves in the neck area. A stellate ganglion block is an injection of a local anesthetic (pain-relieving medication) around this group of ...

Trigger Point Injection and Spinal Cord Stimulation
... What is trigger point injection? Trigger point injection (TPI) is a procedure used to treat painful areas of muscle that contain trigger points, or knots of muscle that form when muscles do not relax...

Myofascial Pain Syndrome
... What is myofascial pain syndrome? Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) refers to pain and inflammation in the body’s soft tissues or muscles. Myofascial pain is a chronic, painful condition that affects the...

Pain: Clinical Trials
... What is a clinical trial? A clinical trial, also called a research study, is a research program that tests the value, and safety of various interventions in people. Clinical trials are meant to find n...

Physical Therapy to Treat Pain
... What is physical therapy (PT)? Physical therapy (PT) involves the treatment, healing, and prevention of injuries or disabilities. PT concentrates mainly on relieving pain, promoting healing, and resto...

Spinal (Intrathecal) Drug Delivery Systems
... What are spinal drug delivery systems? Spinal drug delivery systems, also called intrathecal drug delivery systems, use a small pump that is surgically placed under the skin of a person’s abdomen. Th...

Spine IDET Therapy
... With age or injury, cracks or fissures may develop in the wall of the intervertebral disk. Filled with small nerve endings and blood vessels, these fissures can be a chronic source of pain. Also, the ...

Doctors Who Treat Pain
... If you suffer from pain, you can find many different kinds of doctors who treat pain. Anesthesiologists, neurologists, and neurosurgeons most frequently specialize in pain management. Pain treatment s...

Palliative Care
... What is palliative care? Palliative care is a special type of medical care that focuses on treatment of the symptoms people may have when they are living with a chronic (long-standing) illness, such a...

Back Pain Isn''t in Your Head
... IntroductionPain is a sensory as well as subjective emotional experience, one that can be modulated by the brain. Pain is a universal condition, but the extent to which one suffers, or is disabled by ...

Neuropathic Pain
... What is neuropathic pain? Neuropathic pain is a complex, chronic pain state that usually is accompanied by tissue injury. With neuropathic pain, the nerve fibers themselves may be damaged, dysfunction...

What You Need to Know About Managing Your Chronic Pain
... What is chronic pain? Chronic pain is pain that persists, resists, and insists: It persists beyond expected healing time, resists interventions, and insists upon being recognized. What is the differen...

Living With Chronic Pain
... What is chronic pain? Chronic pain is pain that persists after the resolution of the acute injury. There is no longer any ongoing tissue injury. In chronic pain, signals of pain remain active in the n...

Chronic Pain Information Page
... While acute pain is a normal sensation triggered in the nervous system to alert you to possible injury and the need to take care of yourself, chronic pain is different. Chronic pain persists. Pain sig...