Interventional pain medicine is a medical specialty that diagnoses and treats persistent pain with targeted, usually image-guided procedures, often alongside rehabilitation, medication, and other nonprocedural
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is sometimes covered by insurance, but coverage is never automatic. Approval hinges on four factors: the body area being treated, the diagnosis
Your feet burn when you get into bed. One leg also sends a sharp jolt from your buttock to your calf when you sit too
You're driving home, you check your blind spot, and a sharp, electric pain shoots from your neck into your shoulder and down to your thumb.
You've tried medication, rehabilitation, and injections, yet pain still decides how long you can stand, whether you sleep, and what you cancel. Now someone has
You finish a long desk day with pressure behind your eyes, stiffness at the base of your skull, and shoulders that feel permanently lifted. A
A claim is often rejected before anyone reviews the clinical value of the procedure. The operative note may describe an SI joint injection, while the
You're sitting in an imaging center in Chicago Ridge with an MRI order in your hand, but the scheduler has paused because you have a
You've just returned home after a medial branch block, and you're wondering whether the tenderness, numbness, or brief increase in pain is part of recovery
You've started avoiding the grocery store, leaning on a cart, or stopping after a short walk because your legs become painful, heavy, numb, or weak.
Sometimes chronic pain patients are not ideal surgical candidates and require specialized pain management which we are able to provide.
