Our providers will determine if physical therapy in a good option and work with physical therapists whose programs are covered under the patient’s insurance. Not all physical therapy facilities take all insurances, however. Facilities will only accept our patients if their insurance is accepted. If the insurance procedures are confirmed, a physical therapist will design a therapy regimen based on the patient’s diagnosis. Throughout the patient’s physical therapy treatment, the facility will send over the progress notes to our providers, which are then analyzed. Based on the patient’s development, treatment can be controlled to best fit his or her needs.

The material inside the disc is extremely caustic, and if the disc tears, this material may leak out. It can cause pain and inflammation to the outer part of the annulus as well as the surrounding nerves of the spinal cord. If the disc tear goes untreated, it can become worse and become a disc bulge or disc herniation, causing more pain.

Discography is a diagnostic procedure that can help identify disc tears that may be causing back pain. A thin needle being inserted into the disc and an x-ray contrast dye being injected into the disc. If there are tears, the dye will show up on the screen, and will help determine the best course of treatment for your back pain.

Damage to the sacroiliac joint can cause referred sciatic pain and general lower back pain. At Las Vegas Spine and Pain Clinic, the pain management doctors use sacroiliac joint injections both to diagnose and treat pain. An injection consisting of a local anesthetic and a steroid will be injected into the joint. If the patient experiences pain relief, a series of injections may be recommend by the pain doctors to provide long-term results.

While an epidural steroid injection will not solve the cause of the pain problem (disc damage, arthritis, spinal stenosis, etc.), it can provide pain relief to help the patient increase function and get back to daily activities. At Las Vegas Spine and Pain Center, an epidural steroid injection can be performed in our state-of-the-art procedure center. The injection consists of a local anesthetic and a steroid, providing both short and long-term pain relief.

The difference between the two injections is merely the placement of the medication. In a facet injection, the medication is injected into the actual facet joint. A medial branch block is where the injection takes place outside the joint space but near the nerves that supply the joint, called the medial branch. Both a facet injection and medial branch block consist of a local anesthetic and possibly a steroid, depending on the treatment plan determined by your pain specialist at Las Vegas Spine and Pain Center.

A ganglion of impar block procedure is an injection of a local anesthetic into this nerve cluster and can be performed by a pain management specialist at Las Vegas Spine and Pain Center. A series of injections is often needed, but most patients will notice a significant reduction in pain symptoms.

The hypogastric plexus is a collection of nerves that is located in front of the fifth lumbar and first sacral vertebral bodies. This means that the plexus is located near the lower part of your abdomen in the upper front of your pelvis. When these nerves become inflamed, this can cause severe pain in the area of the bladder and low intestines. Additionally, it can cause pain in the area of the uterus and ovaries in females and in the prostate and testicles in males.

At Las Vegas Spine and Pain Center, the pain management doctors can administer an injection of local anesthetic and possibly a steroid to relieve pain symptoms. Many patients will require a series of injections, but will generally see long-term relief from pain.

Because ilioinguinal nerve pain is difficult to diagnose and treat, the nerve block may be used as both diagnostic and therapeutic. The pain management specialist at Las Vegas Spine and Pain Center will administer an injection of local anesthetic and steroid into the area around the ilioinguinal nerve. If the patient experiences pain relief, further measures may be discussed, including nerve ablation and peripheral nerve stimulation.

The pain management specialists at Las Vegas Spine and Pain Center may recommend a lumbar sympathetic block as a diagnostic or testing procedure. An injection of local anesthetic will be injected near the sympathetic nerves, and if the patient experiences pain relief in the immediate time following the injection, the pain specialists at Las Vegas Spine and Pain may recommend a series of injections to provide long-term pain management.

Neurology is a medical specialty that addresses a wide range of neurological conditions that affect the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. Our providers have over 25 years of experience treating all Neurological Disorders. With our providers being  Fellowship Trained in Stroke and Neurocritical Care they can handle a wide range of services from headaches to Neurorehabilitation and Neurodegenerative Disorders.

The pain management experts at Las Vegas Spine and Pain Center may use an occipital nerve block as both a diagnosis and treatment. This procedure, performed in the state-of-the-art procedure center at Las Vegas Spine and Pain Center, consists of an injection of local anesthetic into the area surrounding the occipital nerves. If the patient experiences relief from pain, a series of injections may be recommended to provide long-term pain relief. Additionally, if pain is severe, occipital nerve stimulation may be recommended to manage pain more thoroughly.