Interventional Pain Management
What is interventional pain management?
Interventional pain management is a non-pharmaceutical solution to treating pain. The physician at AllianceHealth Durant and Madill utilizes pain blocking procedures, rather than prescription medicine, to help make daily activities less difficult in order to restore quality of life for patients.
What are the conditions that interventional pain management may be able to treat?
If you have any of the medical conditions below, then interventional pain management treatments could be for you.
- Sciatica/radiculopathy
- Spinal stenosis
- Facet joint pain
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Herniated disks
- Low back pain, neck pain
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Headaches/facial pain
- Compression fractures
What types of procedures could be part of an interventional pain management treatment plan?
The physician will work with each patient to develop a treatment plan based on individual needs. AllianceHealth Durant and Madill offer the following interventional treatment options:
- Selective nerve root blocks
- Epidural/transforaminal steroid blocks
- Lumbar medial branch blocks
- Botulinum toxin injections for migraines
- Sympathetic nerve blocks
AllianceHealth Durant offers the following treatment options in addition to those listed above:
- Radiofrequency neuroablation (rhizotomy)
- Vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Intrathecal baclofen/pain pumps
What are the next steps?
Work with your primary care physician to see if interventional pain management is appropriate for you. If you need a primary care physician, call (580) 924-3400 or visit this webpage.