Treatments

Regardless of how safe or careful you are, accidents happen. Whether something goes wrong at work, at play, or in the car, chances are you will be injured in an accident at one point or another in your life. When that happens, our care team at Pain Consultants of West Florida is here to provide the highest-quality care possible to you and your family.

Pain Consultants of West Florida has incorporated a number of non-opioid therapies that can be used alongside or in place of narcotic pain medication. These treatments can be used to control a variety of ailments and are all proven to have equal or, in some cases, greater efficacy than narcotics alone.

Spinal cord stimulation is a treatment modality that uses low-level electrical impulses to block pain signals from being sent up the spinal cord to the brain, where they are registered as pain or discomfort. They are sometimes referred to in jest as the “pacemakers for pain,” as the electrical principles they rely on are similar to those us by the implant that keeps faulty hearts pumping.

Generally speaking, nerve blocks, regardless of the nerve being targeted for treatment, are performed under x-ray, fluoroscopic, or ultrasound guidance to ensure proper needle placement. The procedure will be with your physician administering a local anesthetic to the skin near the injection site, which will make the procedure less painful.

Radiofrequency ablation is a minimally invasive treatment modality that uses radio waves to generate an electrical current that in turn delivers a focused beam of heat to targeted nerve cells. This heat burns (or ablates) the nerves to the point that they are damaged and can no longer transmit pain signals from the site of injury or inflammation to the brain.

An epidural injection is a treatment modality that consists of injecting a dose of corticosteroids into the epidural space, a region of the spine between the dura (a membrane surrounding the nerve roots) and the interior surface of the spinal canal. These injections have been shown to decrease pain and inflammation caused by common spine disorders, like herniated discs, sciatica, and spinal stenosis.

Joint pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal conditions as it affects millions of Americans per year. Joint injections are a common treatment modality to address joint pain, increase mobility, and improve overall quality of life. Joint injections are typically some combination of an anesthetic and a steroid that is injected directly into a joint.