The Pain Institute at Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center utilizes the newest technologies along with hands on patient care to treat a wide variety of different pains. The fellowship-trained interventional pain specialists are committed to patient care that encourages non-surgical alternatives to get patients’ quality of life back as quickly as possible.

• Lumbar Radiculopathy- This condition is an irritation or compression of one or more nerve roots in the lumbar spine. Because these nerves travel to the hips, buttocks, legs, and feet, an injury in the lumbar spine can cause symptoms in these areas.

• Cervical Radiculopathy- This condition is an irritation or compression of one or more nerve roots in the cervical spine. Because these nerves travel to the shoulders, arms, and hands an injury in the cervical spine can cause symptoms in these areas. One common cause is a herniated disc.

• Coccydynia- This condition is an inflammation of the tip of the tailbone known as the coccyx. This causes pain and tenderness between the buttocks. This can be caused by sitting for extended periods of time, childbirth, an injury, or it can develop spontaneously.

• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome-  This condition is a form of chronic pain that usually affects an arm or a leg. CRPS typically develops after an injury, a surgery, a stroke or a heart attack. The pain is out of proportion to the severity of the initial injury

• Degenerative Disc Disease- This condition is a weakening of one or more vertebral discs which normally act as a cushion between the vertebrae. This can develop as a natural part of the aging process, or it can be a result from an injury of the back.

• Facet Joint Syndrome- This condition is deterioration of the facet joints, which help stabilize the spine and limit excessive motion. Facet Joint Syndrome occurs when the facet joints become stressed and damaged. This damage can occur from everyday wear and tear, an injury to the back or neck, or degeneration of an intravertebral disc.

• Herniated Discs (Lumbar)- Between the vertebrae of your spine are soft discs that let your spine twist and bend. If damaged, the discs’ soft center can push through the disc wall. The bulge then presses against nerves in your spine.

• Herniated Disc (Cervical)- This is a rupture of one of the vertebral discs in your neck. A herniated disc can allow disc material to press harmfully against the spinal nerves.

• Piriformis Syndrome- This is a condition in which the piriformis muscle, located in the buttock region, spasms and causes buttock pain. The piriformis muscle can also irritate the nearby sciatic nerve and cause pain, numbness and tingling along the back of the leg and into the foot

• Post Laminectomy Syndrome- This condition, also known as failed back surgery syndrome, is a type of chronic pain. It can develop after spine surgery, but most often after a Laminectomy procedure.

• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy- This is a disorder that causes lasting pain, usually in an arm or leg, and it shows up after an injury, stroke, or even heart attack. But the severity of pain is typically worse than the original injury itself.

• Spinal Stenosis (Cervical)- This problem effects the spinal nerves in your neck. It’s a narrowing of the spinal canal, which is the space your spinal nerves travel through. With spinal stenosis, the spinal canal is too narrow and your nerves get compressed.

• Spinal Stenosis (Lumbar)- Your spinal nerves travel through the spinal canal and exit through openings called Foramen. If any of these spaces are too narrow, the nerves become compressed. This problem most often happens in the neck and lower back.

• Spondylolisthesis- This condition occurs when a lumbar vertebra slips out of place. It slides forward distorting the shape of your spine and can compress the nerves in the spinal canal. 

• Where Back Pain Begins- Lower back pain is a common problem that can severely impact your quality of life and limit your ability to be active. There are many different causes that can lead to pain in your lower back. 

• Where Neck Pain Begins- In many cases, neck pain is muscle-related. Muscle tension, cramps and strains can all cause discomfort. Neck pain can also be caused by compression of the spinal nerves. Herniated discs or bone growths caused by osteoarthritis can press against the nerves. Fractures of the spine can reduce the amount of space around them. This type of pain may not go away, even after weeks.

• Whiplash Headache- This is a chronic headache that can develop after a whiplash injury, which is a violent back and forth jerking of the neck.

• Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection- This procedure is done to relive pain in the lower back and pain that radiates from the back to the legs.

• Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection- This procedure treats the pain of an inflamed nerve in your cervical spine, reliving nerve swelling. If you have a herniated disc, spinal stenosis, or some other problem that is pressing on a nerve, this may help.

• Caudal Steroid Injection- This procedure can reduce swelling and inflammation of irritated spinal nerves.

• Celiac Plexus Block- Pain signals caused by conditions such as pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer travel through your celiac plexus nerves. This procedure can temporarily relieve that pain.

• Cervical Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy- This procedure uses heat from radio waves to treat painful facet joints in your neck. It eases pain that isn’t helped by medication or physical therapy.

• Facet Joint Injections- The facet joints can become irritated or inflamed. Facet joint injections may help diagnose the source of the pain and may also relive pain and inflammation.

• Fluoroscopically- Guided Hip Injection- If you have pain in your hip, injecting medicine into your hip joint can help your doctor locate where the pain is coming from. It can also make your hip feel better.

• Intrathecal Pump Implant- This is a way to relieve chronic pain. The implant sends pain medicine through a thin, flexible tube. The tube is inserted into the space around the spinal cord. The tube is connected to a small, round pump and both are implanted under your skin. A small electronic device controls the pump, and the pump contains medicine that gets sent through the tube. The medicine reaches nerves along the spine, and this helps prevent sending pain signals to the brain.

• Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection- Steroid injections are performed to relieve lower back pain and radiating leg pain. Steroid medication can reduce the swelling and inflammation caused by spinal conditions.

• Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy- This procedure uses heat from radio waves to treat painful facet joints in your lower back. It eases pain that isn’t helped by medication or physical therapy.

• Lumbar Sympathetic Block- This procedure is an injection that numbs branches of nerves in your lower back. It helps doctors find and treat a number of problems linked to these nerves. Usually, a series of injections are needed to treat a problem.

• Lumbar Medial Branch Block- This is an injection of numbing medicine. It bathes the medial branch nerves which attach to the facet joints of your spine. These nerves hurt when the facet joints are injured or diseased. The injection helps find the source of your pain and may relive your pain for a brief time.

• Piriformis Muscle Injection- This is an injection of local anesthetic and steroid medication into the piriformis muscle. The injection can be used diagnostically to determine the cause of your buttock and sciatic pain and to help relieve your pain. The steroid medication is used to decrease the inflammation and or swelling of piriformis muscle and sciatic nerve. The local anesthetic or numbing medication can temporarily stop the spasms of the piriformis muscle.

• Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection- This injection procedure is performed to relieve pain caused by arthritis in the sacroiliac joint where the spine and hip bone meet. The steroid medication can reduce swelling and inflammation in the joint.

• Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block- A nerve block is a procedure to stop pain transmission through anesthesia to the nerve. In an SPG block, an anesthetic agent is administered to the collection of nerves in the ganglion. The least invasive way to access the SPG is through the nose.

• Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant- Spinal cord stimulation uses electrical impulses to relieve chronic pain of the back, arms, and legs. It’s believed that electronic pulses prevent pain signals from being received by the brain.

• Stellate Ganglion Block- A stellate ganglion nerve block is an injection that numbs branches of nerves in your neck. This helps doctors find and treat a number of problems linked to the nerves. Treatment may require a series of injections.

• Thoracic Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection- This injection procedure relieves pain in the upper back, rib, and abdomen caused by a pinched nerve or nerves in the thoracic spine.

• Trigger Point Injections- This outpatient procedure is designed to reduce or relieve the pain of trigger points. These small tender knots can form in muscles or in the facia.