Chronic Pain Management
Patients with pain from back or neck injuries, or neuropathic pain, meaning that it is the nerves that are causing the pain, may be able to benefit from alternative treatment options for pain control. One newly enhanced treatment is called Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) and it can be effective for low back pain from:
- failed back syndrome
- Facet disease
- sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- intercostal neuritis
- post herpetic neuralgia
- phantom limb pains
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- total joint replacement pain
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation uses electricity to modulate the perception of pain, with vibrations masking what the patient feels. This is accomplished with a small implanted device.
Other treatments are available today to control pain from arthritis and other painful conditions.
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Pain Specialists Available at HCGH:
Steven Carl Levin, M.D.
Medical Director, Regional Pain Program
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Appointment Phone: 443-997-6754
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Arthritis, Back Pain, Cancer Pain, Cryotherapy, Joint Diseases, Joint Injections, Myofascial Pain, Nerve Blocks, Nerve Injury, Neuropathic Pain, Pain Management, Radiofrequency Ablation for Pain Control
Mark T Matsunaga, M.D.
Appointment Phone: 410-997-7246
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Anesthesiology, Pain Management