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Pain Management
Chronic pain can be debilitating for many. Franciscan Health strives to offer new hope for pain sufferers through interventional pain management that returns the patient to a more functional and productive lifestyle.
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Pain Management
Proactive Pain Management to Renew Health and Well-being
Blood pressure, pulse, respiration and temperature have long been defined as the basic "vital signs" of health or illness. Now recognized as the fifth sign, pain has become an important indicator of a patient's state of health, illness and well-being.
Pain often defies definition or description. Those who suffer with it, though, agree on the following: they know when they are in pain and they know they want relief. Franciscan Health offers that relief through an interventional program that gives patients a full range of treatment options, including several minimally invasive procedures, for successful pain management. By significantly decreasing or eliminating patients’ pain, our program dramatically improves their overall quality of care and quality of life.
What makes pain management at Franciscan Health different?
- Dedicated staff and technology
- An interdisciplinary approach to pain management
- Inpatient and outpatient programs
Pain management services at Franciscan Health
Disc Decompression or Fusion is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat pain in the intervertebral discs in the spine.
Dry needling is a medical treatment which uses very thin needles without any medication (a dry needle). Dry needling is used to treat pain and dysfunction caused by myofascial trigger points (MTrPs), tension in the muscle and fascia, and neural/physiological changes in the body.
Franciscan Health uses epidural steroid injections to relieve pain, numbness or weakness related to conditions that affect the spine, neck, shoulder, arms or legs.
Facet joints link the bones of the spine together and are possible sources of chronic neck and lower back pain. Facet joint injections can help physicians diagnose the source of pain and, in some cases, offer pain relief.
Infusion pumps are the machines that deliver medical fluids into the body through an IV.
An intercostal nerve block is a pain management treatment in which medication is injected to relieve pain in the chest, underneath the rib-cage, where the intercostal nerves are located.
Bursa (or joint) injections can be used to reduce swelling and alleviate pain when bursea become inflammed, which can be painful. Bursae are small fluid-filled sacs around a joint that allow surrounding tissue to glide over it as you move.
Nerve blocks automatically deliver numbing medicine to surrounding nerves. Franciscan Health uses nerve blocks to help patients manage pain control after surgeries such as orthopedic joint replacement.
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A spinal cord stimulator uses a small wire (called a lead) that is surgically implanted to transmit low-level electrical signals that block pain by producing a mild tingling sensation.
Trigger points are spots in the muscle that radiate pain. This pain can cause headaches or interfere with rehab and function. Trigger point injections are localized shots injected directly to the painful area to alleviate pain, so that comfort and function can be regained.
Xolair injections are medication, given in the form of a shot under the skin, to treat asthma.
A full range of minimally invasive treatments for pain
Our interventional pain management program offers the most effective treatments to decrease or eliminate your pain. Our goal is to increase comfort and facilitate each patient's return to a productive and optimal level of functioning, thereby increasing quality of life.
The foundation of our philosophy is reflected in the following additional team goals:
- Improve pain control through conservative methods
- Reduce psychological stress
- Improve mood, sleep dysfunction and coping skills
- Contain program costs
- Relieve drug dependency
- Use non-narcotic analgesics, if feasible
- Promote learning to function within pain limitations
- End the relentless search for a cure
To achieve these goals, emphasis is placed on the individuality of each person by designing detailed treatment plans, providing quality services, striving to improve the long-term outcomes for patients and achieving the satisfaction of each of our customers.
