Trigger Point Injections
Trigger point injections (TIs) are helpful treatment options in patients with acute and chronic muscle pain often associated with underlying bone or nerve pathology. This chapter will discuss the differences…
Tendon Sheath and Insertion Injections
Tendons are impressively strong structures that link muscles to bone. They function to transmit the force of muscular contraction to a bone, thereby moving a joint or helping to immobilize…
Bursae Injections
Bursitis is commonly diagnosed and treated in clinical practices that focus on musculoskeletal medicine. Inflamed bursae often respond to conservative treatments including rest, cryotherapy, compression, physical/occupational therapy and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory…
Upper Extremity Joint Injections
Intraarticular injections with corticosteroids and anesthetic can be a useful treatment option for patients with disabling peripheral joint pain. The anesthetic injected can provide useful diagnostic information and help determine…
Lower Extremity Joint Injections
Lower extremity intraarticular injections with corticosteroids and anesthetics are useful treatment options for patients with hip, knee, ankle, or foot pain. Injections are given to treat acutely painful joints refractory…
Complications of Common Selective Spinal Injections: Prevention and Management
Selective spinal injections are being performed with increasing frequency in the management of acute and chronic pain syndromes. Because these procedures require placing a needle in or around the spine,…
Radiation Safety for the Physician
Currently, fluoroscopic guidance is used routinely for many interventional pain management procedures to obtain more precise localization of anatomic target areas. Fluoroscopy is used in many procedures, including swallowing studies,…
Medicolegal Issues
Physicians who routinely perform pain procedures need to understand certain elements of informed consent to minimize their risk of medicolegal entanglements. Often physicians have little or no training in obtaining…
Implementing a Successful Revenue Cycle in Your Pain Management Practice
Successful pain management practices have implemented processes and procedures that focus on customer service, physician and staff efficiency, and risk reduction which result in optimizing the revenue cycle. The goal…
Conscious Sedation for Interventional Pain Procedures
Conscious sedation and analgesia are often overlooked aspects of interventional pain procedures. Patients expect to be comfortable during their injections. Physicians tend to concentrate more on the procedure with the…
