Specialized Care for Complex Pain Conditions
At Specialty Care Clinics in Greenville, we offer Interventional Pain Medicine to move patients beyond simple pain management toward functional recovery and a better quality of life.
Our specialists utilize cutting-edge, evidence-based techniques as part of a truly integrated, patient-centered approach. We work closely with primary care physicians, physical therapists, and other experts to provide comprehensive chronic pain care.
Areas of Focus
A specialist in this field offers comprehensive, personalized care for a broad spectrum of complex and chronic pain states, including but not limited to:
- Chronic Widespread Pain: Conditions like fibromyalgia or complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).
- Pelvic Pain: Chronic pain originating from pelvic structures, often challenging to diagnose and treat.
- Head and Neck Pain: Pain arising from the neck (cervical spine) and conditions like intractable migraines, occipital neuralgia, and trigeminal neuralgia.
- Osteoarthritis: Joint pain due to "wear and tear," commonly affecting the knees, hips, and spine.
- Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD): Pain in the back or neck caused by the deterioration of the spinal discs.
- Musculoskeletal Pain: Pain affecting the muscles, ligaments, tendons, and bones, often resulting from injury or chronic strain.
- Trauma-Related Pain States: Chronic pain that persists following an injury, accident, or surgery.
Interventional Treatment Options
Treatment plans are multidisciplinary and customized, frequently incorporating advanced procedures performed under imaging guidance (X-ray or Ultrasound) to target the precise source of pain:
- Epidural Steroid Injections: Injecting anti-inflammatory medicine near the spinal nerves to relieve nerve-root-related pain (e.g., sciatica).
- Nerve Blocks: Injections to temporarily or permanently interrupt pain signals from specific nerves, often used for diagnostic purposes as well.
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA): Using heat generated by radio waves to "turn off" pain signals from targeted nerves for long-lasting relief, often used for facet joint or sacroiliac joint pain.
- Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS): Implanting a small device that delivers gentle electrical pulses to the spinal cord to change pain signals before they reach the brain.
- Joint Injections: Injecting medications (like corticosteroids or viscosupplementation) directly into painful joints, such as the knee or hip, for conditions like osteoarthritis.
