Programmable Intrathecal Pain Pump There are several ways of delivering pain medication. Typical routes of administration are oral, transdermal, intramuscular, intravenous, and epidural. Programmable intrathecal pain pumps were developed to…
Discogenic Pain: Lumbar Discography A vertebral disc is built like a jelly doughnut. The inner jelly part is the nucleus pulposus and the outer layer is the anulus fibrosus (Fig….
Injections for Headache (Occipital Nerve Blocks and Botulinum Toxin Injections) The medical equivalent of epic novels has been written on the comprehensive management of headache. Per the mission of this…
Joint and Associated Bursa Injections: Shoulders, Elbows, Hips, and Knees Joints and their associated bursas can be injected with a corticosteroid and local anesthetic to reduce both pain and inflammation….
Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are a significant problem. In the United States, more than 700,000 age-related osteoporotic compression fractures occur per year. One in two women and…
Sympathetic Blocks: Stellate, Celiac, Lumbar, Superior Hypogastric, and Ganglion Impar The sympathetic chain is a bundle of nerves that runs from the base of the skull to the tip of…
Epidural Steroid Injections Most people think of an epidural injection as what is administered to a woman for pain control before she delivers her baby. The word epidural simply refers…
Sacroiliac Joint Injections The sacroiliac (SI) joint is the weight-bearing joint between the sacrum at the base of the spine and its connection to the ileum of the pelvis (Fig….
Facet Joint Procedures: Facet Joint Injections, Medial Branch Blocks, and Radiofrequency Ablation of the Medial Branches of the Spinal Nerve Roots The facet joint is a synovial-lined joint that links…
Trigger Point Injections for Myofascial Pain In order for a muscle to contract, actin and myosin strands slide over each other. These filaments then release, sliding back to their starting…
