SpinePain Patient Services

Trigger Point Injections

Trigger Point Injection procedure used to treat painful areas of muscle that contain knots of muscle that form when muscles do not relax. Many times, such knots can be felt under the skin, and in some instances may irritate the nerves around them and cause referred pain.

Orthopedic Evaluations

Comprehensive assessment performed by your healthcare professional to diagnose and treat musculoskeletal issues with a focus on bones, joint, muscles, tendons and ligaments to identify the source of pain, diagnose injuries, and determine functional limitations.

Nerve Blocks

Injection in which an anesthetic is injected near a target nerve or group of nerve to block pain signals from reaching the brain. These blocks can be both diagnostic and therapeutic.

Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)

RFA, or rhizotomy, is used to treat severe chronic pain. Radio frequency waves are used to produce heat on specifically identified nerves surrounding the facet joints on either side of the lumbar spine. By generating heat around the nerve, its ability to transmit pain signals to the brain is destroyed, thus ablating the nerve.

Electrodiagnosis

Electrodiagnostic tests assess the neuropsychological function of peripheral nerves. It is a method of obtaining information by passively recording the electrical activity of body parts, or by measuring their response to external electrical stimulus.

Medial Branch Blocks

Medial branch nerves are very small nerve branches that carry pain messages from the facet joints and the muscles around the joints. This procedure is a non-surgical treatment that relieves pain from a specific facet joint using injections.