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A Few Words About Pain​

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Over 50 million Americans—men, women, and children—suffer from serious pain that disrupts their personal, social, and work lives, reducing their overall quality of life. Despite the availability of medical treatments for pain, many remain untreated or improperly treated. If you suffer from pain, you have likely visited multiple healthcare providers in search of relief and may have been told that nothing more can be done or that you must live with the pain.

At Valor Interventional Pain (VIP), we strive to help you better understand your pain and offer effective treatment options to provide relief. Our goal is to treat you like a VIP.
ACUTE PAIN

This type of pain is typically severe and short-term, usually lasting less than three months, and is often a direct response to injury, surgery, or a specific medical condition. It is the body’s normal response to injury and is usually immediate.

SubAcute Pain

Pain in this category persists for a duration between six weeks and three months, acting as a transitional phase between acute and chronic pain, and may still be associated with the healing process.

Chronic Pain

Defined as pain that lasts longer than three months, chronic pain often continues beyond the typical healing time and may not have a clear cause, significantly affecting a person’s quality of life and daily functioning. It ranges from mild to severe and can last months, years or a lifetime.

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portrait of adult woman with disabiliites looking at camera
portrait of adult woman with disabiliites looking at camera
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Pain Management Procedures & Services

Living with acute, subacute or chronic pain doesn’t have to be a burden you carry alone. We offer pain management services to enhance your quality of life for a variety of conditions, including neuropathic pain, cancer pain, sciatica, shingles, arthritis, and more. Our pain treatment options by referral include injections, nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation, among others.
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Diagnostic Injections

Diagnostic nerve blocks, also known as diagnostic injections or diagnostic blocks, are injections that numb (block) a specific nerve or group of nerves to help determine the source of a patient’s pain. The injection contains a local anesthetic, such as lidocaine or bupivacaine, that temporarily blocks pain signals from reaching the brain, providing temporary pain relief. The length of time the block lasts depends on the type of block and the anesthetic used.

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Personal Injury

A personal injury claim is a case you file to enforce legal rights and gain compensation when you become a victim of an accident or a social wrong. If an individual suffers an on-the-job injury due to negligence or is the subject of defamation of character, that person can file a personal injury claim to ensure legal action is put into motion.
Certain details go along with a personal injury case. These details can help you better understand the process you are stepping into.

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Spinal Cord Stimulation

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS), also known as dorsal column stimulation, is a treatment for chronic pain that uses low levels of electrical signals to target specific areas of the spinal cord. It’s often used when other pain management options, like surgery, have been unsuccessful. SCS can help improve quality of life, sleep, and may reduce the need for pain medication. 

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Neuromodulation

Neuromodulation is the alteration of nerve activity through a targeted delivery of a stimulus, such as electrical stimulation to specific neurological sites in the body. Some ailments may be treated with spinal cord stimulation or peripheral nerve stimulation.

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Neuropathy

Neuropathy is a condition that occurs when nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, causing pain, numbness, or other symptoms. Nerve damage can be caused by several factors, including disease, infection, injury, medications, or long-term alcohol abuse. In some cases, no cause can be identified. Lifestyle modification, medications and neuromodulation can be used to treat neuropathy.

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Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

Peripheral nerve stimulation is a technique in which electrodes are placed along the course of peripheral nerves to control pain. These devices are an extremely safe, efficient, and effective way to ameliorate a variety of severe neuropathic pain conditions.

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Joint/Facet Injections

A joint injection or facet injection is a minimally invasive procedure that involves using a needle to inject medication directly into a joint to treat pain, inflammation, and other conditions. The medication used can be local anesthetic only (numbing medication) or local anesthetic with steroids. The procedure can be used on joints throughout the body, including the knee, shoulder, hip, ankle, elbow, wrist, and small joints of the hands and feet.

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Radiofrequency Ablations

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA), also called radiofrequency neurotomy or rhizotomies, uses radio waves to create a current that heats a small area of nerve tissue. The heat destroys that area of the nerve known as myelin, stopping it from sending pain signals to your brain. Most insurance companies will require two sets of diagnostic blocks, 14 days apart from each other, with documentation of improvement of the pain relief and improvement of your activity of daily living during the diagnostic block.

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Trigger Point Injections

Trigger point injections (TPIs) are a nonsurgical pain management treatment that can help relieve myofascial pain in muscles like the neck, shoulders, arms, legs, and lower back. TPIs are effective at inactivating trigger points, which are tender areas of muscle that can feel like knots and are often very sensitive to touch or pressure. Trigger points can develop after acute trauma or repetitive micro-trauma, which can stress muscle fibers and cause them to contract. 

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Bracing

Bracing maintains joint alignment, promotes stability, and controls movement. You can use a brace to enhance mobility in degenerative diseases like arthritis, improve range of motion, prevent instability, and avoid problems like hyperextension. It can also be used to aid in healing. All bracing sales are final, no returns.

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Platelet-Rich Plasma

PRP uses platelets to aid in the healing of injured tendons, ligaments, muscles and joints. PRP injections are prepared by taking your own blood and running it through a centrifuge to concentrate the platelets. These activated platelets are then injected directly into your injured or diseased body tissue. This releases growth factors that stimulate your body’s ability to heal itself. Ultrasound imaging is used to guide the injection. 

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Workers’ Comp Medical

At Valor Interventional Pain, we treat injured federal employees covered by the Office of Workers’ Compensation (OWCP) through the Department of Labor (DOL) and governed by the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA).

Workers’ Compensation is 
insurance that provides cash benefits and/or medical care for workers who are injured or become ill as a direct result of their job. Employers pay for this insurance, and shall not require the employee to contribute to the cost of compensation.

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Epidural Steroid Injections

An epidural steroid injection (ESI) is a non-surgical procedure (utilizing special needles) that involves injecting a local anesthetic and steroid, typically dexamethasone a non-particulate, preservative free steroid, into the epidural space around the spinal cord and the nerve roots. The goal is to reduce inflammation around the nerve roots as they exit the spine, which can help relieve pain. ESIs are commonly used to treat lower back pain that radiates to the legs, and neck pain that radiates to the arms. They can also help with spinal stenosis and spinal disc herniation.

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EMG/NCV Diagnostic Testing 

An EMG test looks at the electrical signals your muscles make when they are at rest and when used. A healthy muscle should not give off any electrical signals when you aren’t moving it. If your muscle is damaged, it may show electrical activity while at rest or activity that is not normal while using it.
A nerve conduction velocity (NCV) study measures how fast and how well your body’s electrical signals move along your nerves. A damaged nerve has a slower and weaker signal. This test can help check for nerve damage.

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Shockwave Therapy aka Storz

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a non-invasive treatment that uses high-energy acoustic waves to treat a variety of conditions. ESWT can be used to treat soft tissue injuries, such as tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, rotator cuff injuries, and tennis elbow, by reducing pain and promoting healing. The shock waves are thought to break up scar tissue, reduce inflammation, and stimulate tissue healing. ESWT is often used as an alternative to surgery for patients who have not responded to other treatments.

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More Living.

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