Pain Medicine
Pain Can’t Be Seen. How Is it Treated?
Millions of people live with chronic pain. They are our family members, co-workers, and friends. Often, they are suffering in silence. Many people living with chronic pain face significant obstacles, including difficulty with work.
We understand that chronic pain is not only a physical issue but an emotional one as well. Our goal is to create a patient-centered, multidisciplinary treatment plan unique to everyone’s needs. Our philosophy is to blend evidence-based medicine, innovative treatment, and compassion to meet each patient's individual goals. We strive to alleviate pain and maximize functional potential to allow patients to get back to their active lifestyles.
We believe in empowering you, the patient, to take control of your pain. We understand the importance of educating our patients on their conditions to have the tools to maintain the highest quality of life while avoiding future injuries.
Should I See a Pain Medicine Specialist?
No matter the source of your pain, our facilities are here to administer safe, modern pain management treatments to manage your discomfort so you can keep up with your daily life and keep active and mentally healthy. At the Comprehensive Pain Center at Mee Memorial Hospital with Dr. Salar Deldar, we take the time to thoroughly investigate and understand the cause of your pain to best treat and manage it. Our goal is to provide high-quality, multidisciplinary care for patients who suffer from chronic pain. Our focus is to achieve the best outcomes for chronic pain patients so they can live healthier, happier, and more fulfilling lives.
The Role of Painkillers in Pain Medicine
Pain medicine visits can help with long term medication management rather than primary care services, and are often helpful following injury-related surgeries and procedures. While potent pain medications such as narcotic painkillers can be beneficial short-term following a procedure or as apart of therapy, they can become habit-forming without strictly following your doctor’s instructions for proper use. A Pain Medicine doctor can help you fight addiction, withdrawals, and unpleasant symptoms associated with your pain and taking pain medication.
Pain Medicine Areas of Expertise
- Interventional pain management
- Non-surgical spine care
- Sports-related injuries
- Pre and post-surgical rehabilitation
- Tapering off opioid pain medications
- Acute and subacute rehabilitation
Treatments offered include:
- Diagnostic/therapeutic blocks
- Epidural steroid injections
- Facet joint injections
- Lumbar sympathetic block
- Occipital nerve blocks
- Peripheral joint injections
- Physical therapy and exercise prescriptions
- Sacroiliac joint injections
- Selective nerve root blocks
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Ultrasound-guided knee injections
- Ultrasound-guided shoulder injections
- Ultrasound-guided hip injections
- Viscosupplementation for knee joint
Pain Medicine Conditions We Treat
- Acute and chronic low back pain
- Acute and chronic neck pain
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Cancer pain
- Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Degenerative disc disease
- Degenerative joint disease
- Elbow and wrist pain
- Facet syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Herniated discs
- Knee pain
- Lumbar spondylosis
- Migraines and headaches
- Muscle spasms
- Neuropathies
- Pinched nerves
- Piriformis syndrome
- Postlaminectomy syndrome
- Radiculopathy
- Sacroiliac dysfunction
- Sciatica
- Sciatic pain
- Shoulder pain
- Spasticity and dystonia
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Sports injuries
- Tennis elbow
- Whiplash injury
