If pain becomes chronic, it can disrupt your life and affect the people you love and care about. Our doctors at Umbrella Health Care Systems offers online pain management, nonnarcotic treatments that minimize the effects of pain on your life. We have physicians who specialize in managing and treating chronic pain.
Relieve pain from cancer itself, especially if the cancer is advanced
Relieve pain due to cancer treatments, such as surgery, radiation therapy or chemotherapy
Manage chronic pain after cancer
Musculoskeletal pain affects bones, muscles and connective tissue such as cartilage, ligaments and tendons. The most common causes of this pain are arthritis and injury. Musculoskeletal pain that we treat includes:
Inflammation (pain and swelling) in major joints such as the hip, knee and shoulder
Fractures in vertebrae that result from cancerous tumors, usually metastatic (tumors that start in another part of the body and spread to the vertebrae)
Vertebral fractures typically due to osteoporosis, a condition that causes bones to become weak and brittle
Pain in the low back and buttocks due to arthritis, injury or another problem with the SI joint
Degenerative disc disease: Vertebrae (spine bones) that rub together as the discs (rubbery tissue between vertebrae) wear out due to age or injury
Facet joint syndrome: Damage to facet joints (connections between vertebrae) due to injury, disc deterioration or wear and tear
Failed back syndrome: Back pain that returns after surgery
Herniated disc: A disc that breaks open (ruptures) or moves out of place due to injury or strenuous activity
Radiculopathy (pinched nerve): A damaged or compressed nerve root in the spine, causing pain and other symptoms in various areas of the body depending on where it develops
Sciatica: Radiculopathy that develops in the low back
Spinal stenosis: A narrowed area of the spinal canal that causes pain due to compression of the spinal cord or nerve roots
Complex regional pain syndrome:Chronic pain, usually in one limb, due to a problem with pain nerves that sometimes develops after an injury
Peripheral neuropathy: Neuropathy that affects nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, most commonly in the legs and feet; includes diabetic neuropathy
Postherpetic neuralgia: Nerve damage that develops after shingles, a viral infection that causes a blistering rash, usually on one side of the torso