Family Spine and Pain Care Institute was voted best in Pain Management in the Venice Gondolier by our wonderful patients – Thank you! We are so grateful that we have been able to serve you with the utmost care. It is our honor that you will trust us with your pain management needs, and we…
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Suprascapular Nerve Block aids in pain relief of acute or chronic pain in the suprascapular nerve and shoulder joint areas. This procedure is done right in our office within 20 minutes. It will help decrease pain involving rotator cuff injuries, shoulder pain, or scapular pain. It may also help if you are still in pain…
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What Does a Celiac Plexus Block Help: Celiac Plexus Block will help bring pain relief to nerves in your abdomen. This includes the following areas: Spleen Kidneys Liver Pancreas Gall Bladder Bowels Essentially, this nerve block will keep the pain messages from getting to your brain. The Celiac Plexus Block can be done right in…
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As with most pain treatment options, a cortisone (steroid) injection reduces inflammation in the pained area. For Tendon and Soft Tissue injections, most patients would find relief from things like tennis elbow, elbow pain, tendonitis and wrist pain. What to Expect: A cortisone injection is used to treat many issues dealing with inflammation. If Dr.…
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Peripheral Nerve Blocks are typically used for short-term pain relief (up to several days) and can aid many different nerves in the body. A more permanent solution is a Peripheral Nerve Stimulation which is an implant to bring long-term pain relief. A Peripheral Nerve Block is an anesthetic injected into the pained nerve. It may…
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The Intra-Articular Cortisone Injection, is in short, a steroid injection used to help inflammation caused by osteoarthritis. The medicine is injected into the joint space of the inflamed (painful) part of the body. This may include hips, shoulder, wrist, foot, ankle, knee, or elbow. It is worth noting that Intra-Articular is most likely going to…
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What are the Sacroiliac Joints? The Sacroiliac Joints are right next to the spine – They connect the sacrum to the hips on both sides. Therefore, there are two Sacroiliac Joints in the body. If these joints become inflamed, or are not working properly, then acute pain or chronic pain may be the result. Sacroiliac…
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Some of our patients suffer from pain due to knots in muscle tissue. This pain can be felt in the arms, legs, back, and neck. Essentially, you may feel a knot when massaging the muscle tissue where the pain originates. If pain relief and physical therapy have not alleviated the pain, then Dr. Henriquez may…
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Chronic Migraines are headaches that last four hours or longer, and come in frequency of 15 or more per month. We discussed some of the causes and treatments of Chronic Migraines in our blog article, however, in this article we will cover a different treatment – Botox. Dr. Omar Henriquez is a certified Chronic Migraine…
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As discussed in our article on Hyaluronic Acid Injection for Knee Pain, pain in the knees is very specific for each person. It is typically the result of arthritis, osteoarthritis, surgery that did not heal properly, aging, and more. Each treatment is based on the specific type of pain you have, what this pain has…
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