Interventional Pain
OUTPATIENT - A Department of Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Interventional pain medicine uses injections and minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat the pain associated with specific, acute and chronic conditions.
Physicians and other medical practitioners have been working to understand, treat and eliminate pain for thousands of years. Interventional pain medicine uses injections and minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat the pain associated with specific, acute and chronic conditions.
Center for Interventional PainSarah Bush Lincoln Hours: |
Interventional Pain ManagementSBL Bonutti Clinic Hours: |
The SBL Center for Interventional Pain brings advanced pain-fighting techniques and expertise to the people of East Central Illinois. It is home to Anesthesiologist Ragai Mitry, MD, who has advanced training in the diagnosis and treatment of pain. He works to eliminate pain without the use of narcotics and other addictive drugs. Heather Heicher, APRN and Lynn Potter, APRN, sees patients in the office as well and provides several options for pain management that require no sedation. The Center for Interventional Pain is staffed by registered nurses who have vast experience and a special interest in helping patients manage their pain.
Interventional Pain Management in Effingham, located inside the Sarah Bush Lincoln Bonutti Clinic, brings advanced pain-fighting techniques and expertise to the people of East Central Illinois.
Living with Pain
Living with pain changes your life. It interferes with almost every aspect of one’s life: mind, body and spirit. In addition to the pain you experience, people close to you suffer as well. With the advanced pain-fighting techniques offered today, there is more hope than ever for living a healthy, happy, and pain-free life.
At Sarah Bush Lincoln’s Center for Interventional Pain, our goal is to improve a person’s quality of life by alleviating pain as much as possible. We take the time to investigate the cause of a person’s pain, and find the best approach to eliminating or managing it.
Diagnosing Your Pain
When you first visit the Center for Interventional Pain, we will review your medical history and perform a physical examination. We will also perform a more comprehensive evaluation to better understand the source of your pain. Our goal in treatment is to find the underlying cause of pain rather than masking it with medication.
Conditions Diagnosed and Treated
• Back pain
• Neck pain
• Sciatica
• Spinal stenosis
• Degenerative disc disease
• Myofascial pain syndromes
• Headaches
• Arthritis pain
• Abdominal pain
• Pelvic pain
• Chest wall pain
• Diabetic and systemic neuropathy
• Post-surgical pain
• Post-stroke pain
• Cancer-related pain
• Sports injury pain
• Stump and phantom limb pain
• Discogenic pain (discogram)
• Atypical facial pain
• Herpes zoster, shingles
Treatment
Once the source of your pain is diagnosed, we will be able to initiate a course of treatment specific for you. Interventional pain medicine uses injections and minimally invasive procedures to treat pain associated with acute and chronic conditions. The Center for Interventional Pain offers people in East Central Illinois the most up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutic treatments in pain medicine.
Pain Management Techniques
• Nerve blocks
• Epidural steroid injections
• Sympathetic nerve blocks
• Facet joint injections
• Trigger point injections
• Spinal injections
• Decompressive neuropathy
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Radio frequency ablation
• Chemical neurolysis
• Epidural blood patch
• Discograms
Insurance and Referral Process
The Center for Interventional Pain only accepts people who are referred by another healthcare provider. We accept Medicare and Medicaid, and most insurance plans cover our services. We will gladly confirm this with your insurance carrier at your appointment.
What to Bring
If your primary care provider is not a Sarah Bush Lincoln provider, please bring a copy of your medical record, a list of allergies and current medications, and any X-rays or MRIs you have had taken. You are welcome to bring someone along on your first appointment to listen to what the doctor may explain, and help take notes and ask questions.
Interventional Pain
OUTPATIENT - A Department of Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Interventional pain medicine uses injections and minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat the pain associated with specific, acute and chronic conditions.
Physicians and other medical practitioners have been working to understand, treat and eliminate pain for thousands of years. Interventional pain medicine uses injections and minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat the pain associated with specific, acute and chronic conditions.
Center for Interventional PainSarah Bush Lincoln Hours: |
Interventional Pain ManagementSBL Bonutti Clinic Hours: |
The SBL Center for Interventional Pain brings advanced pain-fighting techniques and expertise to the people of East Central Illinois. It is home to Anesthesiologist Ragai Mitry, MD, who has advanced training in the diagnosis and treatment of pain. He works to eliminate pain without the use of narcotics and other addictive drugs. Heather Heicher, APRN and Lynn Potter, APRN, sees patients in the office as well and provides several options for pain management that require no sedation. The Center for Interventional Pain is staffed by registered nurses who have vast experience and a special interest in helping patients manage their pain.
Interventional Pain Management in Effingham, located inside the Sarah Bush Lincoln Bonutti Clinic, brings advanced pain-fighting techniques and expertise to the people of East Central Illinois.
Living with Pain
Living with pain changes your life. It interferes with almost every aspect of one’s life: mind, body and spirit. In addition to the pain you experience, people close to you suffer as well. With the advanced pain-fighting techniques offered today, there is more hope than ever for living a healthy, happy, and pain-free life.
At Sarah Bush Lincoln’s Center for Interventional Pain, our goal is to improve a person’s quality of life by alleviating pain as much as possible. We take the time to investigate the cause of a person’s pain, and find the best approach to eliminating or managing it.
Diagnosing Your Pain
When you first visit the Center for Interventional Pain, we will review your medical history and perform a physical examination. We will also perform a more comprehensive evaluation to better understand the source of your pain. Our goal in treatment is to find the underlying cause of pain rather than masking it with medication.
Conditions Diagnosed and Treated
• Back pain
• Neck pain
• Sciatica
• Spinal stenosis
• Degenerative disc disease
• Myofascial pain syndromes
• Headaches
• Arthritis pain
• Abdominal pain
• Pelvic pain
• Chest wall pain
• Diabetic and systemic neuropathy
• Post-surgical pain
• Post-stroke pain
• Cancer-related pain
• Sports injury pain
• Stump and phantom limb pain
• Discogenic pain (discogram)
• Atypical facial pain
• Herpes zoster, shingles
Treatment
Once the source of your pain is diagnosed, we will be able to initiate a course of treatment specific for you. Interventional pain medicine uses injections and minimally invasive procedures to treat pain associated with acute and chronic conditions. The Center for Interventional Pain offers people in East Central Illinois the most up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutic treatments in pain medicine.
Pain Management Techniques
• Nerve blocks
• Epidural steroid injections
• Sympathetic nerve blocks
• Facet joint injections
• Trigger point injections
• Spinal injections
• Decompressive neuropathy
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Radio frequency ablation
• Chemical neurolysis
• Epidural blood patch
• Discograms
Insurance and Referral Process
The Center for Interventional Pain only accepts people who are referred by another healthcare provider. We accept Medicare and Medicaid, and most insurance plans cover our services. We will gladly confirm this with your insurance carrier at your appointment.
What to Bring
If your primary care provider is not a Sarah Bush Lincoln provider, please bring a copy of your medical record, a list of allergies and current medications, and any X-rays or MRIs you have had taken. You are welcome to bring someone along on your first appointment to listen to what the doctor may explain, and help take notes and ask questions.