Welcome to California Spine & Pain Management
If you suffer from chronic pain or acute pain, it can affect every part of your life – socially and professionally. Choosing the right specialist to treat your back pain or neck pain, pelvic pain, or chronic pain is critical to finding relief, including headache relief, lower back pain relief, upper back pain relief, and joint pain relief. California Spine and Pain Institute can make your choice an easy one.
Our pain management physicians are experts who can restore your ability to function using the most advanced medical treatments currently available. Whether you suffer from tension headache or migraine, we can relieve your headache symptoms and help you achieve real headache relief. We can find the cause of your thoracic spine pain, abdominal pain, pelvic pain (from vulvodynia or endometriosis) or bladder pain. We can even treat the chronic, often severe pain of your fibromyalgia or RSD (reflex sympathetic dystrophy, also known as complex regional pain syndrome, or CRPS) and help you live again.
We offer you the experience and technology to accurately diagnose and treat the true source of your pain. And we understand that when you are in pain, your loved ones are hurting for you, as well.
California Spine & Pain Institute is a pain management center with spine specialists, back specialists and neck specialists who apply the highest standards of spine pain management, chronic back pain management, neck pain relief and management and pelvic pain management for people.
Spine and pain management techniques are a set of medical approaches aimed at alleviating and managing pain related to the spine, back, and other body regions. These techniques can range from non-invasive methods to more invasive procedures, depending on the severity of the pain and the underlying cause. Below are some common spine and pain management techniques:
- Physical Therapy: Physical therapy focuses on strengthening muscles, improving flexibility, and promoting better posture. It can help reduce pain and improve overall spinal health, especially for conditions like chronic back pain or herniated discs.
- Medication Management: Over-the-counter pain relievers (e.g., ibuprofen, acetaminophen) or prescription medications (e.g., muscle relaxants, nerve pain medications) may be prescribed to manage pain and inflammation associated with spine-related issues.
- Injections: Various types of injections can be used for pain relief. Epidural steroid injections can reduce inflammation around spinal nerves, facet joint injections can alleviate pain in specific spinal joints, and nerve blocks can target specific nerves to interrupt pain signals.
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA): RFA is a minimally invasive procedure that uses heat generated by radio waves to interrupt pain signals from specific nerves, providing longer-term pain relief for certain conditions.
- Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS): SCS involves the implantation of a small device that delivers electrical impulses to the spinal cord, disrupting pain signals before they reach the brain. It is used for chronic pain conditions that have not responded to other treatments.
- Acupuncture: An ancient Chinese technique involving the insertion of thin needles into specific points of the body. Acupuncture is believed to stimulate the body’s natural pain-relieving mechanisms and can be effective for some individuals with back pain.
- Chiropractic Care: Chiropractors use hands-on spinal manipulation and other techniques to align the body’s musculoskeletal structure, aiming to improve pain and overall function.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): CBT is a psychological approach that helps patients manage chronic pain by addressing negative thought patterns and behavior related to pain, improving coping mechanisms, and promoting positive lifestyle changes.
- Biofeedback: Biofeedback techniques help patients become more aware of their body’s responses to pain, stress, and tension, enabling them to gain control over these physiological processes.
- Mind-Body Techniques: Practices like yoga, meditation, and mindfulness can help reduce stress and improve overall well-being, potentially reducing the perception of pain and its impact on daily life.
It is essential for individuals experiencing spine-related pain to consult with a qualified healthcare professional or pain management specialist to determine the most appropriate treatment plan based on their specific conditions and needs. Different techniques may be combined to create a comprehensive approach to managing and alleviating pain effectively.