Chronic pain is a multifaceted and complex syndrome, which adversely affects a person's physical, emotional, socioeconomic, and spiritual well-being. It can disrupt human relationships, creativity, productivity and impact the quality of life.
At The Marina Spine Center, we are committed to improving the lives of people with chronic pain. Our assessment, treatment and prevention services focus on enriching the lives and mitigating pain. We integrate traditional and complementary medicine and use a multidisciplinary team approach.
Here, we use an integrated team approach to managing pain symptoms in order to:
- Diagnose and treat chronic pain syndromes
- Reduce pain and increase comfort
- Increase the ability to manage pain and related problems
- Increase physical capabilities and activities
- Support the return to productive activity
- Optimize the appropriate use of medications
- Increase coping, self-care and stress management skills
- Improve psychosocial adjustments and quality of life
Pain Assessment
At the Institute we place a strong emphasis on thorough and efficient multidisciplinary assessments to evaluate factors contributing to pain. We use this information to individualize treatment plans and to maximize patient outcomes.
Problems frequently evaluated are listed below:
- Back pain
- Headaches
- Joint pain
- Shoulder pain
- Complex regional pain syndromes (RSD/causalgia)
- Myofascial pain
- Neck pain with/without radicular pain
- Cancer-related pain
- Neuralgia (pain from injured nerves)
- Pelvic pain
- Anxiety, depression, stress related to pain
Treatment
Certain injuries or disorders may be improved with one or two treatment modalities. Many, however, require a multi-modal regimen that includes medical procedures and medications, coupled with psychological support and physical therapy, to allieviate pain and its consequences.
Available treatments include:
- Injections of the cervical and lumbar facet joints
- Diagnostic discography
- Percutaneous nucleoplasty
- Peripheral and autonomic nerve blocks
- Selective nerve root injections
- Epidural steroid injections
- Trigger point injections
- Radiofrequency lesioning
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Implantable intrathecal pumps
- Pharmacological management
- Biofeedback
- Relaxation training
- Acupuncture
- Physical and occupational therapy
- Psychotherapy and counseling
- Family therapy
Through the use of the Institute’s expert multidisciplinary team approach, we are able to provide treatment that enables patients to become more productive and improve their quality of life.
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