Pain Management

Good pain management is the key to health and healing. Ronald J. Stern, MD, and the team at the Center for Pain Treatment in Sebastian, Melbourne, and St. Cloud, Florida, take an individualized and conservative approach to pain management. They combine innovative interventional pain management treatments with medication management to help you get long-term relief from your discomfort. For patient-centered pain management, call the office nearest you today or schedule an appointment online.

What is pain management?

Pain management is an area of medicine that diagnoses and treats painful conditions. The Center for Pain Treatment is a pain management practice that provides comprehensive care for all types of pain needs, including acute pain from an injury or surgery and chronic pain from a degenerative condition.

Pain is an uncomfortable sensation that affects your physical and emotional well-being. When not well-controlled, pain can delay healing and cause other problems like depression and anxiety.

The team at the Center for Pain Treatment understands the effects pain has on your overall health. They take a comprehensive yet conservative approach to pain management, providing treatments that reduce discomfort without causing other problems like addiction to opioids.

Who benefits from pain management?

If you have pain that’s affecting your quality of life, you can benefit from pain management at the Center for Pain Treatment. The team treats acute and chronic painful conditions and common areas of pain, including:

• Knee pain
• Shoulder pain
• Joint pain
• Arthritis
• Neck pain
• Back pain
• Lower back pain (e.g., sciatica)
• Spinal stenosis
• Chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
• Radiculopathy
• Migraine headaches
• Degenerative disc disease (DDD)
• Facet joint syndrome

Don’t prolong your suffering. Schedule a consultation at the Center for Pain Treatment to get help with your pain today.

What can I expect during a pain management consultation?

You can expect a patient-centered evaluation when you visit the Center for Pain Treatment for a pain management consultation. The highly skilled and experienced team understands that everyone experiences pain differently and no single treatment works for all.

They review your symptoms and the types of treatments you’ve tried to relieve your pain. They perform a physical exam and may request imaging tests or blood work to confirm or rule out a diagnosis. 

What are the pain management treatments?

The team at the Center for Pain Treatment takes a conservative approach to pain management. They combine innovative interventional procedures with medication management to help you get relief.

Some of the pain management treatments available include:

• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
• Steroid injections, including epidural injections in the neck and back
• Facet joint injections
• Radiofrequency ablation 
• Lumbar facet radiofrequency neurotomy
• Cervical facet radiofrequency neurotomy
• Genicular radiofrequency neurotomy for knee pain (osteoarthritis)
• Nerve blocks 
• Medial branch blocks
• Vertiflex™ Procedure 
• Spinal cord stimulator

The team offers medical consultations and evaluations, along with sophisticated and effective relief from acute, chronic, and intractable pain. 

Call the Center for Pain Treatment today or schedule a consultation online.