Interventional Pain Management Treatments| Pain Center at Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital

“Not every patient is the same, so we try to offer a very tailored approach for every patient that comes into the facility. They'll be seen distinctively for them. Where is their pain? Why is their pain there? How long has it been there?” – Dr. Jared Scott

“Moving forward with them, then we develop a tailored approach for each patient to move forward with physical therapies, chiropractic care, you know, radiologic imaging, interventional procedures, et cetera, that may involve … develop a treatment plan for them.

“For example, if they have low back pain and when they exhaust all the conservative therapies, which includes anti-inflammatory pain medications and physical therapy, then we proceed with simple measures like epidural steroid injections. And if they don't help, then we go with facet joint injections and possible radiofrequency ablation of the facet joints. And if the patient has surgery already, then we can all also proceed with spinal cord stimulator or with other techniques.” – Dr. Chandra Tokala

“Radiofrequency ablation of the facets is an intervention that has come into its own within probably the last 5-10 years. As the technology has developed, we are now able to help people with chronic pain by de-innervating the joints in the spine.

“And that is a great treatment that usually gives people about nine months to a year. In fact, I have people come back on a yearly basis. They'll say, “It started happening,” and they come back, and then you'll give them a relief.” – Dr. Robert Ain

“The spinal cord stimulator is a device that's utilized for patients who have had nerve injuries or a lumbar spine surgery that has resulted in a chronic radiculopathy or chronic nerve damage. We have the ability to utilize a device that can turn on and off pain receptors in the spinal cord itself, thereby resulting in a pain reduction throughout the low back and the legs itself.” – Dr. Scott

“Depending on the trial, then we proceed as indicated. And then just put it underneath the skin, like a pacemaker. The surgery itself is less than an hour, probably, the permanent one. And it's permanent in name only. If the person wanted to, say … didn't care for the device a year or two later, you can take them out.” – Dr. Ain.

“Our hope for our patients at the Pain Center at Kansas Spine is just to provide some pain reduction and give back some quality of life. Allowing them to live a full life, you know, is immensely powerful. I mean, the pain reduction is part of it, but giving a patient back some of their life is really what we strive for.” – Dr. Scott

For more information, ask your doctor about the Pain Center, call (316) 462-5072, or visit https://kansaspaincenter.com/.