Interventional Pain Management

Comprehensive Care for Pain Management

Not only is dealing with chronic pain exhausting, it’s depressing. When you hurt, it affects every aspect of your life. It’s hard to take joy in the little things when your knee is throbbing, you can’t turn your neck without wincing, or you’re constantly having to call in sick with a migraine, something non-sufferers just don’t understand. Our team of pain management specialists is here to help you get to the source of your pain, and to provide a comprehensive treatment approach so that you can get back to living the life you deserve.

Conditions We Treat:

At Ochsner LSU Health, we offer the latest treatments and therapies to treat patients suffering from chronic pain when conservative medicine hasn't helped. Our goal is to fix the problem, not just the pain. Our specialized team treats a broad range of pain, including, but not limited to:

• Low back pain/injury
• Neck pain/injury
• Sports related injury
• Cancer related pain
• Work related injury
• Back pain after surgery
• Herniated discs
• Spinal stenosis
• Degenerative disc disease
• Post laminectomy syndrome
• Chronic headaches/migraines
• Arthritis
• Spinal facet syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Sciatica
• Joint pain
• Vertebral compression fractures
• General neuropathy
• Diabetic neuropathy
• CRPS/RSD
• Postherpetic neuralgia/shingles
• Trigeminal neuralgia

Our Interventional Pain Management Treatments/ Procedures:

Once we can identify the source of pain, our team of experts will work with you to create a personalized treatment plan to address it. Depending on your unique needs, your treatment plan may include one or more of the following:

• Epidural Steroid Injections
• Facet Joint Injections
• Selective Nerve Root Blocks
• Medial Branch Blocks
• Radiofrequency Ablations
• Monitored Anesthesia Care
• Medication Management
• Trigger Point Injections
• Spinal Cord Stimulator Trials
• Intrathecal Pain Pump Trials