Pain Center

The Pain Center at Catholic Medical Center specializes in pain management, providing personalized solutions for chronic pain aimed at reducing suffering and improving your overall quality of life.

Comprehensive pain management

Our team of specialists includes physicians and nurse practitioners with advanced training in treating pain. Catholic Medical Center's Pain Center team is dedicated to developing a personalized pain plan for you to help discover the root cause of your chronic pain, reduce suffering and improve your overall quality of life. In assessing causes and solutions for your pain, we will evaluate the medical, physical, emotional, social and behavioral effects on your life. Our goal is to work with you to precisely diagnose and treat the underlying causes of your pain and find the right treatment so you can get back to a lifestyle you enjoy.

How do we treat our patients?

1. A thorough history and clinical examination
2. Review of previous imaging and interventions
3. Develop a treatment plan
4. Precisely target the pain causes utilizing the most advanced interventional pain management options

Conditions treated by our pain management specialists

Pain can be a symptom of various injuries, infections and diseases. Some of the most common conditions that cause pain include:

Spinal and back pain:

• Back and lower extremity pain
• Epidural scarring after back surgery
• Pain due to disc herniation, spinal stenosis or facet joint disease
• Pain from degenerative disc disease
• Post-laminectomy (failed back) syndrome
• Sacroiliac joint pain
• Thoracic pain
• Tailbone pain (Coccygodynia)
• Vertebral compression fractures

Head and neck pain:

• Cervicogenic headache
• Neck and upper extremity pain
• Occipital neuralgia

Pelvic and abdominal pain:

• Chronic pelvic and genital pain

Musculoskeletal pain:

• Fibromyalgia
• Joint pain related to osteoarthritis
• Myofascial pain (muscular pain)

Neuropathic pain:

• Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
• Neuropathy pain
• Painful surgical scars

Interventional pain management treatment

Interventional pain management is about looking at the whole person and how pain is affecting your entire life. We focus on providing a blend of non-invasive treatment options coupled with behavioral and physical therapy.