Pain Management - Overview

Acute and chronic pain can be overwhelming and stressful. At times it can result in depression and anxiety, which can decrease a patient’s quality of life. Pain can come from a wide variety of causes, ranging from chronic illness, cancer, and injury. At UAB, skilled and compassionate clinicians evaluate a patient’s needs to effectively determine the best course of action through less-invasive alternatives to surgery.

Conditions Treated
Some conditions that can cause chronic or acute pain include:

• Chronic neck and back conditions
• Spinal Stenosis
• Disc problems
• Degenerative joint disease
• Chronic pancreatitis
• Cancer
• Arthritis
• Herpes zoster (shingles)
• Neuralgia
• Interstitial cystitis (irritation of the bladder wall)
• Perioperative pain disorders
• Myofacial disorders
• Other pain syndromes

• Lumbar and cervical epidural steroid injections for disc problems, spinal stenosis, and chronic    back pain   
• Facet medical branch blocks for back pain and degenerative joint disease
• Celiac plexus blocks for chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer
• Radiofrequency ablations
• Stellate ganglion blocks
• Sacroiliac joint injections
• Outpatient services
• X-rays and other on-site testing