Pain Management Center

Pain management clinic in Topeka, KS

At the University of Kansas Health System, we are committed to helping the members of our community live pain-free. Our personalized treatments aim to reduce and alleviate both acute and chronic pain. The pain management specialists at our clinic offer relief through a variety of chronic and acute pain treatments and services, all with the goal of helping you live your everyday life with less discomfort. We provide interventional pain management services and pain medication management, as well as spine injection for pain relief. Whether you have acute joint pain or a chronic musculoskeletal condition, our specialists will ensure you receive swift, effective care tailored to your needs.

To learn about our pain management clinic and the treatments we provide, please call (785) 295-8385

Chronic and acute pain conditions we treat

Whether you are experiencing a new painful sensation such as a pinched nerve or have had a painful condition for a length of time, our pain management clinic is prepared to offer you treatments that you can rely on. We offer a variety of pain management services for the following conditions:

• Causalgia
• Cervicogenic headaches
• Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (CRPS) I and II
• Facet joint pain
• Herniated discs
• Low back pain, neck pain, mid-back pain
• Post Laminectomy syndrome
• Radicular pain (lumbar, cervical and thoracic)
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD)
• Sacroiliac joint pain
• Spinal stenosis
• Work injuries

Our pain management treatments and services

The specialists at our pain management center provide highly personalized, compassionate treatments to help manage and alleviate your pain. Using state-of-the-art equipment and leading-edge technology, we are able to offer the following treatments:

• Cooled radiofrequency treatment — This treatment uses cooled radiofrequency energy to safely target and treat nerves causing pain. Studies have shown that this treatment can provide patients with chronic back, sacroiliac, knee, and hip pain up to 24 months of pain relief, improved function, and reduced need for pain medicine.
• Diagnostic facet injections — Using a highly concentrated injection of an aesthetic, this procedure determines whether you are a candidate for radiofrequency neurotomy. This can be performed on the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar facet joints.
• Epidural steroid injections — This procedure involves injecting a steroid medication in to the epidural space to decrease pain associated with disc herniation and/or spinal stenosis nerve irritation.
• Facet joint injections — Steroids and local anesthetic are injected into the facet joints using fluoroscopy guidance. This treatment can alleviate pain from degenerative diseases of the spine and can be performed in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar areas.
• Greater occipital nerve block — This procedure is used to decrease headaches by injecting a local anesthetic and steroid around the greater occipital nerve at the base of the skull.
• Neurolytic blocks — This injection of neuro-destructive medication in proximity to peripheral nerves can relieve pain for longer periods of time.
• Radiofrequency medial branch neurotomies — This minimally invasive procedure can help treat facet joint pain by using controlled heat to disrupt the nerve conduction from the facet joint.
• Sacroiliac joint injections — This procedure involves injecting a steroid medication into the sacroiliac joint to decrease pain from this joint.
• Selective nerve block — This procedure involves a foraminal injection of medication to treat a specific nerve that is irritated or inflamed. This approach allows for greater precision in treating the pain-generating nerve.
• Spinal cord stimulation — This treatment for chronic back, leg, and arm pain is performed by surgically implanting a device similar to a pacemaker in the area of pain. The device sends electrical currents to the nerves in the pain region to prevent the pain signal from reaching the brain.
• Stellate ganglion block — This procedure involves an injection of local anesthetic close to the stellate ganglion (located at the base of the neck). This is used to treat complex regional pain syndromes I and II.
• Trigger point injections — Local anesthetics and sometimes a steroid medication are injected into tight bands of muscles to reduce pain, tightness, and inflammation.

Please call us to learn more about our treatments and how our specialists can help alleviate your pain.