Pain Management Center Services

Pain problems treated at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital include:

• Back pain (chronic and acute)
• Cancer pain
• Complex regional pain syndrome (RSD)
• Diabetes-related pain and neuropathy
• Failed back surgery syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Headaches and occipital pain
• HIV-related pain
• Hyperhidrosis
• Intercostal neuralgia
• Interstitial cystitis
• Ischemic related pain
• Joint pain
• Myofascial pain
• Neck pain (chronic and acute)
• Neurogenic pain
• Peripheral nerve pain
• Post-herpetic neuralgia/shingles
• Post-laminectomy pain
• Post-mastectomy pain
• Post-operative pain
• Post-thoracotomy pain
• Sciatica
• Scoliosis
• Sports injury
• Vascular pain
• Vulvodynia
• Work-related injury

The treatment of chronic pain includes evaluation in conjunction with non-invasive studies, including:

• Diagnostic local anesthetic blocks
• Therapeutic local anesthetic blocks
• Therapeutic blocks using steroids
• Neurolytic injections/neuroablative procedures
• Physical therapy with the application of peripheral stimulation procedures
• Other Adjunctive Therapy and referral for complementary medicine, chiropractic management and acupuncture
• Botox
• Spinal cord stimulators
• Peripheral nerve stimulators
• Ultrasound guided nerve, joint and muscle injections
• Intrathecal pump implantation and management
• Discogram