What is interventional pain management?
Interventional pain management is the discipline of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of pain and related disorders with the application of interventional techniques in managing subacute, chronic, persistent, and intractable pain, independently or in conjunction with other modalities of treatments.
Interventional pain management refers to a group of minimally invasive surgical procedures typically done as an outpatient to alleviate acute, chronic, or cancer- related pain conditions. These include, but are not limited to; trigger points injections, epidural steroids, facet injections, peripheral nerve blocks, sympathetic blocks, intravenous infusions, neurolytic procedures (radiofrequency lesioning, cryotherapy, chemical neurolysis), Botulinum Toxin injections, intradiscal treatments (IDET, Loblation/Nucleoplasty, LASE), intraspinal analgesics, and spinal cord stimulation techniques. Specific training is required to perform each of these types of procedures and management of potential complications. Interventional pain management procedures are often an important component of an interdisciplinary pain treatment program.
According to the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), interventional pain management is a “discipline of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of pain related disorders.” Interventional pain medicine utilizes a multidisciplinary approach, in which a team of health care professionals works together, to provide a full range of treatments and services for patients suffering from chronic and/or acute pain. The goals of interventional pain management are to relieve, reduce, or manage pain and improve a patient’s overall quality of life through minimally invasive techniques specifically designed to diagnose and treat painful conditions. Interventional pain management also strives to help patients return to their everyday activities quickly and without heavy reliance on medications. Meet Your Medical Team In cooperation with your primary care physician (or another physician who may refer you to an interventional pain management physician), the members of your
. Interventional pain management is a discipline of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of pain-related disorders. Interventional pain physicians utilize a multidisciplinary approach in which they work in cooperation with a team of healthcare professionals to provide a full range of treatment and services for patients suffering from chronic and/or acute pain. The goals of interventional pain management are to relieve, reduce, or to manage pain and improve a patient’s overall quality of life through minimally invasive techniques specifically designed to diagnose and treat painful conditions. Interventional pain management also strives to help patients return to their everyday activities quickly and without heavy reliance on medications.
