Pain management for personal injury

Pain management physicians treat injuries that keep hurting after the first rounds of conservative care: epidural steroid injections, facet and medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablation, trigger-point injections and medication management. Most trained as anesthesiologists or physiatrists.

In a personal injury case the pain specialist documents why conservative care was not enough, performs procedures that treat the pain and confirm its source at the same time, and gives an opinion on future medical needs. PI-focused pain practices commonly work on a lien or letter of protection and coordinate with the imaging center, the chiropractor or therapist, and a spine surgeon if surgery becomes the question.