Pain Management

Our Pain Management program provides expert, patient-focused care for a full spectrum of spinal and musculoskeletal conditions, including back pain, neck pain, and joint pain. Our highly skilled specialists and support staff can diagnose, treat, and optimize recovery from pain through specialized care and a multifaceted team approach that focuses on relieving pain and restoring function.

What to expect

Our goal is to provide an individualized treatment approach to cater to a patient’s specific diagnosis and needs. To successfully achieve this goal, patients can expect a comprehensive initial evaluation. This initial consultation includes a thorough physical examination to allow for an accurate diagnosis.

Bringing any prior medical records or imaging to the first appointment would be helpful. The next step in care ultimately depends on diagnosis and individual lifestyle and may include additional testing, medications, injections, or coordination of care with other specialists. This catered, multifaceted treatment plan allows patients to improve, increase functionality, and ultimately achieve their goals.

Pain types

Our team treats a wide range of pain and pain symptoms, including:

  • Arthritis pain
  • Back pain
  • Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
  • Hip pain
  • Joint pain
  • Knee pain
  • Low back and leg pain
  • Neck pain
  • Neurologic pain
  • Orthopedic pain
  • Pinched nerves
  • Postoperative pain
  • Sciatica
  • Shoulder pain
  • Somatic pain
  • Spine pain
  • Upper back pain
  • Wrist pain from carpal tunnel syndrome

Treatment options for acute and chronic pain

Our multidisciplinary approach to health care at Summit Health is designed to effectively treat and manage short-term pain, long-term pain, or chronic pain. Everyone’s pain is different and affects many aspects of an individual’s life, including energy, mood, work, sleep, relationships, and self-esteem. For this reason, we work to treat the whole patient and not just their symptoms. Through close collaboration with primary care doctors and specialists, our team can determine which treatment options will ensure the best outcome and develop an effective program tailored to meet each patient’s unique needs, help restore function, and improve the overall quality of life.

Treatment may include the following:

Patients with neck, arm, back, and leg pain may benefit from a minimally invasive procedure such as an epidural steroid injection (ESI). ESI is a minimally invasive procedure that helps to relieve neck, arm, back, and leg pain. Through careful injection, medicine is delivered to the fat-filled area between the bone and the protective sac of spinal nerves, relieving pain for days, months, and possibly years.

Physical therapy is the rehabilitative process of restoring physical function and mobility to achieve an individual’s highest level of physical function.

Our physical therapy team specializes in rehabilitating orthopedic and sports-related injuries in pediatric, adolescent, and adult patients.

Acute and chronic pain sufferers who have exhausted traditional care options may benefit from a variety of innovative, non-surgical approaches offered by our Integrative pain management specialist.

Clinics

Old Mill District Clinic
Bend, Oregon