Summary of Center for Pain Medicine Services

Pain Syndromes

The most common pain syndromes treated at the Center for Pain Medicine include:

• Back and neck pain
• Pain following spine surgeries
• Spinal stenosis
• Cancer pain
• Central pain syndrome
• Coccygodynia
• Costochondritis
• Diabetes
• Fibromyalgia
• Headaches
• Migraines
• Intractable angina
• Intractable spasticity
• Myofascial pain
• Neuropathic pain
• Pelvic pain
• Phantom limb pain
• Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome
• Vascular pain

Treatments at the Center for Pain Medicine

The Center for Pain Medicine is considered a model for the use of interventional and non-interventional treatment approaches and offers the following treatments for pain conditions:

• State-of-the-art, comprehensive management for back pain
• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
• Medication management with pharmacological therapy
• Biofeedback
• Acupuncture
• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Mind/body therapies
• Neural blockade procedures
• Radiofrequency lesioning
• Chemical neuroablation
• Implantation of spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal pumps
• Epidural portacaths, vertebroplasty, and kyphoplasty
• Pelvic pain treatment
• Neurologic disorders treatment
• Ultrasound-guided interventional procedures

For more information about how to manage back pain, read our Understanding and Healing Low Back Pain or Tips on Managing Back Pain on Brigham Health Hub.