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The Center for Interventional Pain Medicine at Mercy provides comprehensive, state-of-the-art care to patients experiencing pain as a result of various disease processes including:
Spinal StenosisSpinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal cord thus adding pressure to the nerves that branch out from the spine. Patients most often experience pain in the back, buttocks, and legs. Non-surgical treatment can include epidural steroid injections to help relieve pain. Facet ArthropathyFacet arthropathy is the pain and discomfort associated with the degeneration and arthritis of the spine's facet joints. Patients have lower back pain, which typically does not radiate to the buttocks or legs but is worse with twisting or bending backwards. Options for relieving pain include injections to reduce the inflammation and nerve ablations to permanently destroy nerves that feel the arthritis pain. OsteoarthritisOsteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, occurs when the joint cartilage that cushions the end of bones wears down. The surface of the bones becomes rough, which causes bone to rub on bone. Patients experience pain, swelling, and reduced motion in their joints. Symptoms develop slowly and get worse over time. The most commonly effected areas are hands, hips, knees, and spines. Reflex Sympathetic DystrophyReflex Sympathetic Dystrophy occurs when the nervous system becomes overactive and nerves send frequent or constant pain signals to the brain. It most commonly affects the hands and arms, but also affects other extremities. If not treated, it can cause stiffness and loss of use of the affected extremity. Treatment is focused on pain relief and can include sympathetic nerve blocks and spinal cord stimulation. Post-herpetic NeuralgiaPost-herpetic neuralgia is the pain that continues after the rash and blisters of shingles are healed. This painful condition affects nerve fibers and skin. One option to control pain is spinal cord or peripheral nerve stimulation. After a trial determines that pain can be controlled using this method, a device is implanted under the skin. Patients then have the flexibility to turn the device on and off as needed to manage their pain. Peripheral NeuropathyPeripheral neuropathy is caused when there is damage to the peripheral nervous system - the system that transmits information from the brain and spinal cord to other body parts. Peripheral neuropathy distorts or interrupts the messages being sent from the brain often causing pain and numbness. Cancer PainCancer pain is caused either by the cancer itself or by the treatments. Not all patients with cancer experience pain; however, for those who do experience pain, there are a number of treatment options. Now Accepting New Patients.
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