Pain center in Manchester, New Hampshire
Chronic pain care requires a collaborative approach, so we listen and learn from you throughout treatment.
At Catholic Medical Center, we understand that pain can impact every aspect of your life. To help you find a lifestyle free from discomfort, our pain management specialists explore a range of advanced treatment options.
Pain and pain-related conditions we help manage
Our goal is to diagnose and treat the underlying causes of your chronic pain. Our pain specialists work to find the right treatment for many common types of pain, including:
- Back and lower extremity pain
- Cervicogenic headaches
- Chronic genital pain
- Chronic pelvic pain
- Chronic tendinosis
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Degenerative disc disease
- Epidural scarring after back surgery
- Facet joint disease
- Fibromyalgia
- Herniated disc pain
- Hypermobility syndrome
- Rheumatologic disorder pain
- Joint pain related to osteoarthritis
- Limb Loss
- Muscular pain
- Myofascial pain
- Neck and upper extremity pain
- Neuropathy pain
- Occipital neuralgia
- Disc herniation pain
- Pain from degenerative disc disease
- Painful surgical scars
- Post-laminectomy syndrome
- Sacroiliac joint pain
- Spasticity
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal stenosis pain
- Tailbone pain
- Thoracic pain
- Traumatic brain injury
- Vertebral compression fractures
Pain management services we offer
Our team of doctors and nurse practitioners has advanced training in treating pain. We develop a care plan that details your pain's root cause, helps reduce discomfort and aims to improve your overall quality of life.
Comprehensive pain care
While assessing causes and solutions, we evaluate the medical, physical, emotional, social and behavioral conditions in your life and their effects on you. For some, this care plan may include making lifestyle modifications for your chronic condition.
Our goal is to help you lead a much richer and rewarding life than one that is restricted by pain. Our doctors help you explore the benefits of potential treatments for chronic pain. In Suite 301 of the Medical Office Building of our hospital's campus, we offer pain management services, such as:
- Acupuncture
- Basivertebral nerve ablation
- Botox injections for spasticity
- Craniosacral therapy
- Discography and disc procedures
- Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurostimulation
- Electrodiagnostic studies
- Epidural steroid injections
- Facet and sacroiliac radiofrequency ablations
- Facet joint Injections and ablations
- Joint and soft tissue injections
- Kyphoplasty
- Medication management
- Minimally invasive lumbar procedures
- Musculoskeletal injections
- Neuroplasty
- Osteopathic manual treatment (OMT)
- Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS)
- Peripheral joints radiofrequency ablations
- Peripheral nerve blocks
- Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS)
- Sacroiliac joint injection
- Sacroplasty
- Selective nerve root blocks
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Sympathetic nerve blocks
- Trigger point injections
Pain evaluation
Your primary care doctor provides us with your medical history and the results of your physical examination. To fully understand your pain, we also conduct our own detailed physical evaluation and pain assessment. We will ask you to complete a pain inventory that describes the type, location, frequency and intensity of your pain. Pain can be described in a variety of ways including:
- Aching or soreness
- Bloating or cramping
- Burning
- Constant
- Comes and goes
- Cutting
- Dull
- Numbing
- Pressing
- Pulling
- Radiating or searing
- Sharp, shooting or stabbing
- Throbbing
- Tightness
We also take note of the emotional toll your pain may be taking on your life. Based on the findings of our evaluations, we determine your risk for dependence on a pain medication.
Safe medication monitoring
Proper pain medication use is critically important. At our pain center, we monitor medication use with pill counts, prescription refill reviews and random urine samples. We take every precaution to protect your health and well-being, and we insist that pain medication be used exactly as it is prescribed.