Treatments

19 Jan What Are Sympathetic Nerve Blocks?

Posted at 13:27h in Avoid Surgery, Blog, Illinois Pain Institute, pain management, Treatments

People struggling with chronic pain often struggle to find reliable treatments. Pain management doctors are now offering sympathetic nerve blocks - a relatively new procedure that can help people with chronic pain to manage their illness without the trouble of invasive treatments. This article explores the...

12 Jan Radiofrequency Lesioning at Pain Clinics

Posted at 13:58h in Blog, Conditions, Illinois Pain Institute, pain management, Regenerative Medicine, Treatments

There are a number of pain clinics in Chicago that offer minimally-invasive treatments such as radiofrequency lesioning (RL). These treatments help people who struggle with chronic pain and want to avoid the challenges associated with surgery and other invasive treatments. However, many of these therapies can...

07 Jan All About Percutaneous Discectomy

Posted at 10:12h in Blog, Illinois Pain Institute, pain management, Treatments

If you’ve struggled with chronic back pain then it’s in your best interest to connect with a back specialist. One of the many treatments that you may be offered is a percutaneous discectomy (PD). Thanks to modern research, more and more minimally invasive treatments are being...

04 Jan What Makes Cancer Painful?

Posted at 03:00h in Blog, Illinois Pain Institute, pain management, Treatments

Cancer is a unique disease that is very unique to each individual. Some people who have cancer can tell early on, while others reach Stage 4 cancer before they notice something is wrong. Some people have extreme pain due to cancer while others feel no...

17 Dec Epidural Injections for Pain Management

Posted at 09:00h in Blog, Conditions, Illinois Pain Institute, pain management, Treatments

Epidural injections, also known as epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are a fairly common treatment for people who struggle with pain in their lower body, including the legs and lower back. Epidural injections have been used by medical professionals for pain management treatment Chicago for many...

09 Dec Using Radiofrequency Lesioning to Treat Pain

Posted at 12:01h in Blog, Conditions, Illinois Pain Institute, pain management, Treatments

Despite the mouthful of a name, radiofrequency (RF) lesioning is a fairly simple concept to understand. RF lesioning is a useful tool that involves the lesioning or disruption of certain nerve cells. In doing this, RF lesioning blocks pain signals from being sent. This can...

26 Nov How to Manage Phantom Pain (Treatments & Management Tips)

Posted at 10:10h in Blog, Illinois Pain Institute, pain management, Treatments

Phantom pain is a difficult condition that affects a part of the body that is no longer present. Phantom pain affects people who have lost limbs or digits to injuries, surgery, or other causes. Because the pain is targeting an area that is no longer...

29 Oct The Importance Of An Accurate Diagnosis In Pain Management

Posted at 09:20h in Avoid Surgery, Blog, Conditions, Illinois Pain Institute, pain management, Regenerative Medicine, Treatments

Most people who have experienced chronic pain at some point in their lives have experienced the inability to get a correct diagnosis. Pain is a very difficult symptom to treat because there are many different causes for the same pain, it is not something that...

14 Oct Chronic Pain Management

Posted at 05:01h in Blog, Illinois Pain Institute, pain management, Regenerative Medicine, Treatments

CLASSIFYING CHRONIC PAIN Chronic pain is a debilitating disorder that often occurs after major injuries and can be classified as pain that persists for 3 to 6 months, and in many cases, much longer. Experiencing pain is a universal symptom of small and large injury alike,...

09 Oct Coping with Chronic Pain

Posted at 01:21h in Avoid Surgery, Blog, Conditions, Illinois Pain Institute, pain management, Treatments

One of the most common reasons adults in the United States seek medical care and continued treatment is because of pain or chronic pain. Chronic pain is a physically debilitating disease that causes major restrictions in mobility and daily activity. Everyone will experience pain at...