What is your experience with chronic pain? Besides affecting you physically, chronic pain affects your psychological well-being too. Living with pain can be distressing, interfering with your quality of life. It’s best to seek medical help when chronic pain affects your daily routine. Luckily, with nerve blocks Freehold pain specialist Francisco del Valle, MD, and the team Healthcare Pain Centers LLC, you will find a pain management treatment to ease your pain. Keep reading to learn how nerve blocks can provide pain relief.
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What are nerve blocks?
They are a form of pain management option that helps alleviate pain. A nerve block involves an injection consisting of both an anesthetic and an anti-inflammatory steroid to minimize inflammation and pain.
Nerve blocks work by blocking dysfunctional nerves from sending pain signals to other body areas. They provide temporary pain relief allowing you to participate in physical therapy, among other rehabilitation techniques. It allows you to resume your daily routine activities.
What chronic pain conditions can you treat with nerve blocks?
You can use nerve blocks to eliminate various symptoms of chronic pain conditions, including numbness, pain, weakness, and tingling. They include the following;
Herniated disc
Usually, a spinal disc protects your vertebral spine. Spinal discs also allow flexibility in your spine movements during bending or turning. The disc consists of an outer shell and a soft jelly-like center.
Any damage to the disc causes the middle part to shift and protrude, which may cause inflammation of the surrounding nerves.
Arthritis
It’s a common chronic condition that causes damage to the joints. Arthritis occurs in different types, including osteoarthritis, which destroys the cartilage. Rheumatoid arthritis causes chronic inflammation.
Back pain
You must have experienced back pain at some point in life. It occurs when injuries and chronic pain conditions cause nerve irritation on your back, resulting in pain, numbness, and tingling sensation.
Post-surgical treatment
One of the complications and side effects of surgery may be causing damage or irritation to the nerves. An anesthetic injection from nerve blocks may help relieve your pain after surgery.
Chronic headaches
Severe headaches such as migraines occur due to dysfunction in the cervical spine. A nerve block can help relieve inflammation to prevent regular headaches.
What are the various types of nerve blocks?
Different forms of nerve blocks enhance pain relief, including.
Spinal anesthesia
Your provider administers the anti-inflammatory injection to the fluid part next to the spinal cord for this type of anesthesia.
Peripheral block
The injection is specific to the nerve causing pain. Your doctor injects the medication right exactly into the nerve.
Epidural anesthesia
Your provider injects the medication in part outside the spinal cord.
Usually, your provider at Healthcare Pain Centers LLC offers a nerve block treatment in their office with the help of an ultrasound or fluoroscopic guidance. It helps guide the nerve medication to the specific affected areas.
Pain can be disabling, but not when using pain management techniques, such as nerve blocks. Nerve blocks allow experiencing pain relief for various types of chronic pain conditions. Call Healthcare Pain Centers LLC to schedule your appointment.