Pain Management

Overview

Treating pain takes a team of physicians with a wide range of specialties and expertise. Our experts in Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation are leaders in treating pain. UR Medicine offers a multidisciplinary approach to pain treatment, so you will have a complete team of pain experts working for you.

UR Medicine's Approach

UR Medicine offers every pain treatment you might benefit from. This enables us to completely customize your care from your very first day.

Procedural Therapy

Epidural injections
Facet injections
Intraarticular injections
Sympathetic blocks, including stellate ganglion, celiac plexus, thoracic and lumbar sympathetic ganglion, superior hypogastric plexus and ganglion impar blocks
Home epidural infusions
Spinal cord stimulator trial and implantations
Radiofrequency ablations
Neurolytic procedures
Trials of intrathecal medications
MILD Procedure - Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression

Medications

Patients will have regular medical follow-ups to adjust and titrate various pain medications (opioid analgesics, antidepressants, anticonvulsants and other adjuvants).

Once patients are stabilized on an adequate pain regime they are discharged back to their primary care provider to continue with ongoing care.

Psychological Services

Behavioral and cognitive therapies with our clinical psychologists include bio-feedback, hypnosis, and relaxation therapy. This is an integral part of pain management because chronic pain is a disabling disease and affects the person as a whole. These services are very important and very effective in improving the quality of life for patients.

Patient Stories

Connie Got her Active Life Back

Connie's low back/tailbone pain was diagnosed as a disease called coccydynia, an inflammation of the last segment of the tailbone. Connie was injected with steroids, and weeks later her pain was significantly reduced and she was able to enjoy an active life with her grandchildren again.

What Sets Us Apart?

The UR Medicine Pain Treatment Center offers an in-depth, holistic approach to patient care, which includes not just medication and surgical options, but psychological, behavioral and rehabilitative care. We also have an acupuncturist on site. We offer the only full-service pain-management service of its kind in the region. We bring together interventional, medical, rehabilitative, and psychological approaches to pain management under one roof.

Our doctors are fellowship trained—the highest level of education available. As part of an academic medical center, our doctors are recognized for their national expertise in the field of pain and conduct leading-edge research and clinical trials for conditions, such as spine disease and ongoing pain from damage to nerves (neuropathic pain).