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Radiofrequency Ablation of Lateral Branch Nerves
This is a nonsurgical intervention meant to help relieve pain and improve function for those with pain confirmed to be from the sacroiliac joints. This treatment sometimes is referred to by other names…
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Diagnostic Lateral Branch Nerve Blocks
These are diagnostic injections where the main purpose is to help diagnose the cause of pain by either confirming or ruling out the sacroiliac joint(s) as the pain generator. Sensation of pain from…
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Sacroiliac Joint Injections
In this type of injection, medication is injected into the sacroiliac joint (SIJ). This less known but important large joint is located in the sacrum approximately at the junction of the lower back…
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Radiofrequency Ablation of Medial Branch Nerves
Radiofrequency ablation is a nonsurgical spine intervention meant to help relieve neck or back pain.
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Diagnostic Medial Branch Nerve Blocks
These are diagnostic injections where the main purpose is to help diagnose the cause of neck or back pain by either confirming or ruling out the spinal facet joints as the pain generator.…
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Facet Joint Injections
These are spinal injections where medications are injected into facet joints. Facet joints are very small joints in the spine that connect the vertebrae bones of the spine. They are also known as…
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Epidural Steroid Injections
Epidural steroid injections are spinal injections meant to help relieve pain and improve function. These can be performed in the cervical spine, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, and the sacrum. In the cervical spine,…
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Welcome to the back pain blog!
Hello and welcome to this new blog on back pain. This is my very first post, so I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Ashot Kotcharian and…
