Whether it’s acute or chronic, pain is a serious symptom that should not be ignored. In fact, ongoing pain can interfere with every aspect of life, ranging from the ability to sleep to the capacity to enjoy daily activities.  Additionally, pain can be a potent stressor for post-surgical patients, affecting normal recovery and functioning. The Pain Management Center at Royal Oak Medical Center provides a wide range of state-of-the-art tests and treatments to diagnose the cause of pain and help patients control or eliminate the source of their distress, helping them improve their quality of life.

The latest treatments
           
The Pain Management Center uses the most advanced developments and techniques in the field. Conventional medical pain management is combined with interventional procedures such as epidural steroid injection, radiofrequency ablation and implantable pain pumps. Alternative treatment options include biofeedback, acupuncture and herbal therapy. Services include:

• Pharmacological therapy
• Trigger point injections
• Nerve blocks for treatment and diagnosis
• Facet blocks
• Epiduralysis and epidural steroid injection
• Sacroiliac joint injections
• Intra-articular injections
• Sympathetic blocks
• Neurolytic procedure
• Spinal cord stimulators
• Intrathecal morphine pumps
• Neurosurgical ablation
• Psychiatry
• Physical therapy
• Surgery such as percutaneous discectomy, vertebroplasty, discography and other procedures to correct the source of pain