Pain Management

Upon referral from a primary care physician or specialist, Valley General Hospital Pain Specialists provide comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis and interventional therapy for problems including:

Acute Pain
Chronic Pain
Chronic Generalized Pain
Arthritis-Related Pain
Neuropathic Pain Syndromes

Consultation and Evaluation
Physician specialists are available for consultations, evaluation and treatment of patients dealing with cancer pain, as well as many types of chronic pain. Our procedures are used for diagnosis and therapeutic purposes.

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Injections
Using a state-of-the-art fluoroscopic (x-ray) unit, pain specialists assess and treat pain, which is particularly effective with back and neck pain. Many of our patients will have injections to assist in optimizing their pain control.

Examples of Clinical Conditions Treated:

• Back pain, neck pain and limb pain
• Reflex sympathetic Dystrophy
• Sympathetic Maintained Pain
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
• Acute Herpetic Neuralgia and Post Herpetic Neuralgia
• Post-thoracotomy pain
• Post-laminectomy syndrome
• Facet and Sacroiliac joint-generated pain
• Cancer pain
• Abdominal pain
• Post-operative pain
• Groin pain

Therapeutic and Diagnostic Interventions Performed (but not limited to):

• Spinal Injections
• Sympathetic Nerve Blocks
• Neurolytic Blocks
• Peripheral Nerve Blocks
• Trigger Point Modalities
• Joint/Bursa Injections
• Intraspinal Opioid Delivery System
• Radio Frequency Nerve Ablation