Pain management at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan - reopening Sept. 12, 2016

Pain is a physically taxing and emotionally draining experience. For patients who need to control chronic pain, the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan pain management center can help. We provide a positive, supportive atmosphere and offer a variety of treatment options to help you get the relief you need.

We provide comprehensive pain management through a team-centered approach, with a staff of registered nurses, a physician's assistant and an anesthesiologist who specializes in pain management. We work with you from evaluation to treatment, giving professionally administered:

• Lifestyle recommendations
• Pharmacological treatments
• Alternative methods of pain relief

Both self-referrals and physician referrals are accepted.

The following is a non-inclusive list of services provided at Via Christi Pain Management Clinic:

• Discography
• Dorsal Column Stimulator trials and permanent implantations
• Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar epidural steroid injections
• Facet injections/Medial Branch Blocks
• Radiofrequency ablation for Facet joint/Medial Branch Nerves
• Sympathetic blocks (Stellate, Celiac, Lumbar Sympathetic, Ganglion Impar, Superior Hypogastric Plexus)
• Sympathetic Ganglion Radiofrequency Ablation or Alcohol Neurolysis
• Peripheral Nerve Blocks
• Peripheral Nerve RFAs
• Knee, Hip, and shoulder intraarticular injections
• Major/Minor Bursa injections
• Trigger Point Injections
• Head/Neck Blocks (Sphenopalatine Ganglion, Trigeminal Nerve, Occipital Nerve) as well as RFA for any of those targets
• Intercostal nerve blocks/RFA
• Viscosupplementation (Synvisc/Orthovisc/Euflexxa) for the knee
• Ultrasound and fluoroscopic approaches for any of these procedures when appropriate