Meet Our Expert Team
Your care team is comprised of health professionals and physicians with special qualifications in pain medicine.
Find Relief for Back & Neck Pain
We specialize in the diagnosis, management and relief of neck and upper and lower back pain.Treatment for Chronic & Acute Pain
We can help you manage persistent back pain, arthritis, herniated discs, migraines, fibromyalgia and more.Our Services & Procedures
In additional to spinal cord stimulation, we offer interventional procedures such as nerve blocks and steroid injections.Stellate Ganglion Block
A stellate ganglion block is performed under fluoroscopy to determine if there is damage to the sympathetic nerve chain and if it is the source of the patient’s arm pain. The block is primarily diagnostic in nature, but it may provide pain relief beyond the duration of the anesthetic.
A local skin anesthetic is given near the base of the neck on the affected side. A needle is inserted by the anesthesiologist near the transverse process of the cervical spine (usually at the cervical-6 level). A sterile tubing is attached to the needle and anesthetic medication is slowly injected through the tubing.
The patient may note increased warmth and redness of the painful arm during and after the injection. The patient can expect hoarseness of their voice, redness of the eye, drooping of the eyelid and pupillary constriction for four to eight hours after the injection. The patient’s pain relief may be immediately noticeable. However, the duration of relief is variable. The patient must assess the level of pain relief over the first few hours after the injection and report this to the physician.