Sometimes invasive procedures are recommended for pain control. These are highly specialized interventions that can focus both on problems with a specific bodily area and on nociceptive signaling from that area to the brain. This section reviews some of the more commonly used invasive procedures often used in specialized pain clinics.
Spinal Infusion Therapy
Spinal Stimulators
Epidural Steroid Injections
Facet Block
Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve Block
Percutaneous Discectomy
Peripheral Nerve Block
Radiofrequency Ablation
Trigger Point Injections
Cryoneuroablation