Back Pain
In the US, back pain is one of the leading causes for missed work.  Our Spine Specialists can help dramatically reduce or eliminate pain to allow you to return to your normal daily activities through their procedures.  The majority of these procedures are performed in our office under a fluoroscopy machine.  Some of these procedures include discogram, selective nerve root block, epidural block, facet block sympathetic injection, neurotomy, and costovertebral blocks,   Usually these less-invasive procedures eliminate the need for major back surgery or continuous medication.  Auburn Pain Specialists will perform a consultation to determine if one of these procedures right for you.  For additional information on this topic, see Failed Back Syndrome

Neck Pain
Often neck pain is caused by an auto accident, arthritis, sports injury, or other traumatic injuries.  Auburn Pain Specialists will work with our patients to understand the type of pain they are experiencing.  Treatment may include epidural steroid injections, selective nerve blocks, facet blocks and radio frequency.

Work and Sport Injuries
Knee, Hip, and other Joint pain is often caused by work and sports injuries.  The key in treating these injuries is to properly diagnose what is causing the pain.  Once that is established, there are a number of procedures that can effectively treat these injuries.  Some of these procedures included:  Prolo therapy, joint injections or steroid injections.

Cancer Pain
For some, the pain from cancer can be severe.  Suffering from pain in silence can delay treatments and detour one from daily life. Auburn Pain Specialists has numerous procedures and treatments to relieve your pain.  Some treatments and procedures include:  intrathecal pump, radio frequency and neurolysis.

Head Aches/Migraines
The National Headache Foundation estimates that 28 million Americans suffer from migraines or severe head aches on a regular basis.  If a person experiences this pain 15 or more days a month, they are considered to have chronic daily headaches.  Auburn Pain Specialists will work with our patients to diagnosis the cause of this pain and may recommend a combination of invasive procedures and medication treatments to resolve the condition. Rather than just masking the problem with regular medications, in many cases, Auburn Pain Specialists can provide more lasting relief.  Cervical injections…, sphenopalatine treatment, stellate ganglion blocks, oxcipital nerve blocks or oxcipital nerve stimulation may be the solutions to ones pain.

Myofascial Pain
Myofascial Pain Syndrome is a painful musculoskeletal condition, a common cause of musculoskeletal pain. MPS is characterized by the development of Myofascial trigger points (TrPs) that are locally tender when active, and refer pain through specific patterns to other areas of the body.  This painful condition can be relieved through trigger point injections. In some chronic cases of myofascial pain, combinations of physical therapy, trigger point injections, medication and massages are needed. Auburn Pain Specialists can coordinate and manage this multi-disciplinary approach of care.  Prolo therapy not only responds well to muscle tissue damage, but also tendons and ligaments damage that can cause pain. 

Sciatica
Sciatica is the irritation of the sciatic nerve, a major nerve that passes down the back of each thigh. Sciatica typically causes pain that shoots down the back of one thigh or buttock. Treatment for sciatica focuses on relieving pressure and inflammation. Typical sciatica treatments include anti-inflammatory medication and epidural steroid injections.  Auburn Pain Specialists can provide these therapies in an outpatient bases, through their office.

Shingles
Herpes zoster (shingles) is an acute, painful infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus (chicken pox virus).  The virus can stay dormant in the body after childhood and become active after physical or emotional stress.  Historically medication has been the only treatment for shingles.  Auburn Pain Specialists is trained to provide additional treatment.  Our physican can provide anesthetics directly onto the nerves causing pain for immediate relief.  If pain continues after two to four weeks after the initial rash one may have post herpetic neuralgia.  New studies show that immediate steroid injections early will reduce changes of developing post herpetic neuralgia.

Post herpetic neuralgia
Post-Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN) is a long-term condition with shingles. Historically medication has been the only treatment for post herpetic neuralgia.  Auburn Pain Specialists is trained to provide additional treatment.  Our physican can provide anesthetics directly onto the nerves causing pain for immediate relief.  Patients may also respond well to Spinal Cord Stimulation for treatment.

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy or Algodystrophyis a painful disorder in which there is evidence of over activity of the sympathetic nervous system with trophic changes in skin. RSD is common with fractures, sprains and nerve injuries.  Sympathetic blocks, many different nerve blocks are the most common types treatment to successfully treat this disorder.

Peripheral neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy is a disease of the nerves that mainly affect the feet and legs.  This disease can cause burning and tingling.  This disease responses to medications and spinal cord stimulation.

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
Failed Back Surgery syndrome is term for the condition of a patient who has had several back surgeries: the patient could have as many as six to eight different pain pathologies producing the pain state.  Failed back does not mean the surgery was done incorrectly, it just means that you have continued pain after surgery.  Source of pain is important to understand, as it may be  further degeneration of the spine, scar tissue or missed diagnosis.  One of the benefits of interventional pain is we can perform structure specific diagnosis – series of block to determine exact cause of pain, to be assured that the diagnosis is correct. For more information on this topic, see Back Pain.

Phantom limb/stump pain
Phantom limb pain is pain felt in the area where a limb has been amputated.  Among other procedures, spinal cord stimulation can often help a patient with this painful disorder.  Through a series of test, Auburn Pain Specialists will work to determine factors contributing to the pain.

For interactive videos and diagrams explaining some of these treatments please see Patient Education.