Pain Management Demystified
Now that we’ve discussed radiofrequency ablation in this prior post, let’s discuss a particular application of the technique called genicular radiofrequency ablation. This procedure is done for knee pain, particularly knee pain from arthritis. This procedure is exciting because many people do not want to…
Radiofrequency ablation is an exciting technique used in interventional pain management. In this post, I am going to explain how it works, what it is used for, and what you might expect from a radiofrequency ablation or RFA. Nerve blocks are common procedures for pain…
To celebrate my mother finishing her last round of chemotherapy today, I wanted to talk about cancer pain. When I was a fellow, I rotated through one of the major cancer centers in New York City, and was exposed to many patients being treated for…
Today I’m going to be focusing on a common office-based procedure for pain management physicians: trigger point injections. These injections are commonly abbreviated as TPIs. Trigger point injections are a treatment targeted to address pain coming from muscles, specifically, muscle spasms. If you’ve ever had…