Pain Management

What is pain management?

Pain management is the practice of reducing or eliminating acute and chronic pain. At McNulty Spine, Dr. McNulty treats a wide range of painful spine injuries and conditions. Providing effective pain management services is a critical component of his services.

Dr. McNulty has extensive training in evaluating and treating spinal causes of pain and neurologic dysfunction. 

As a spine specialist, he’s aware of the high potential for injuries and degenerative conditions that cause back or neck pain as well as radiating pain in your arms and legs. 

What conditions benefit from pain management?

Any type of painful condition may benefit from pain management at McNulty Spine. For example, if you have a headache at home, you may take a nap, drink water, or take an over-the-counter pain reliever to manage your pain.

Dr. McNulty provides pain management services to relieve pain that you can’t treat at home. For example, some of the conditions Dr. McNulty addresses include:

• Leg pain such as sciatica and neuropathy
  
• Arm pain including carpal tunnel syndrome and radiculopathy
  
• Herniated or bulging discs
  
• Degenerative disc disease
  
• Osteoarthritis
  
• Osteoporosis associated fractures
  
• Spinal stenosis
  
• Myelopathy
  
• Sciatica
  
• Spondylolisthesis
  
• Scoliosis
  
• Kyphosis
  
• Injuries
  
• Tumors
  
• Infections 
• Sacroiliac pain
  

Essentially, if you have back pain, neck pain, or pain, weakness, and numbness that shoots down your arms or legs, you should make an appointment with Dr. McNulty for diagnosis and customized pain management.

What are the available types of pain management?

Dr. McNulty provides highly customized pain management plans that may include a variety of treatments to address your pain from multiple angles. He may include any of the following therapies in your pain management program.

• X-ray targeted spinal epidural injections
  
• Celiac plexus block
  
• Epidural injection
  
• Facet radiofrequency neurotomy/ablation
• Transforaminal epidural steroid injection
• Facet joint injections
• Hip joint injections
• Sacroiliac joint steroid injections
• Spinal cord stimulators

Dr. McNulty carefully selects the best possible pain management treatments to relieve your discomfort and restore your quality of life.

In addition to any of the above, you may benefit from physical therapy to relieve pain. Dr. McNulty looks at all possible treatment options for pain management to select the best options for your unique situation. 

Additionally, Dr. McNulty provides state-of-the-art surgical procedures when conservative pain management methods don’t alleviate your pain.

If you’re looking for customized and effective pain management services, call McNulty Spine or make an appointment online today.