The specialty of Pain Medicine is a medical specialty that focuses on the evaluation and treatment of pain related conditions and its impact on quality of life. Most health care providers evaluate and treat pain, however pain specialists are trained to be able to manage pain conditions, offer specialized interventions and coordinate care with other health providers. By using multiple types of treatment, we are able to optimize pain relief and improve patient satisfaction.
As specialists, we are especially concerned about a very accurate and thorough evaluation for each of our patients. We want to do our best to diagnose the condition that is causing the painful symptoms. Then we need to use all of our training to promote the safest, most comprehensive, compassionate and cost effective care to each of our patients. Our training includes many different tools to approach pain related problems. We are taught to utilize a number of different specialists to coordinate our care and provide the best service to our patients. This multidisciplinary approach is most important for those patients who are suffering from chronic pain.
We also specialize in a number of different interventional techniques, unique to our specialty. We do a number of different pain relieving interventions, including epidural steroid injections, facet procedures, BOTOX, joint and soft tissue injections, vertebroplasties, spinal cord stimulators, intrathecal pumps and other procedures. We also provide diagnostic interventions such as discograms, sympathetic nerve blocks and other procedures. We are trained to create a treatment program that is specific and unique to each individual patient based on their needs.