Pain Management Procedures

 

Information about the pain management procedures

This information is designed only as an introduction to pain management procedures.

Your NIPM pain doctor will discuss procedures with you in more detail including the relevant risks and benefits. If you have further questions prior to a procedure, make sure you contact the nursing staff or your doctor at NIPM.

Our NIPM doctors will provide you with the very latest evidence and research from around the world regarding pain procedures you may be interested in - to help decide whether a procedure is suitable.

• Spinal Injections
• Medical Branch Blocks
• Pulsed Radiofrequency Neurotomy
• Spinal Cord Stimulation Trial
• Spinal Cord and Subcutaneous Stimulation Implantation
• Chemical Lumbar Sympathectomy
• Epidural Steroid Injections
• Lumbar Sympathectomy
• Protein Rich Plasma/ Autologous Blood injections
• Radiofrequency Neurotomy for Facet Joint Pain
• Stellate Ganglion Block

Other Pain Management Procedures

There are many other pain management procedures. You NIPM doctors and nurses will discuss individual procedures with you. Our aim is for patients to understand the aims of a proceedure, it’s risks and benefits, and the quality of research to support the use of any given procedure.