Take Control of Your Pain

Chronic pain affects an estimated 50 million Americans.  An additional 25 million Americans suffer from acute pain due to accident or illness   The constant stress caused by unremitting pain can interfere with a person's quality of life.

Des Peres Hospital's Pain Management Center in Stl Louis, MO, works on a referral basis with other disciplines to address problems such as:

• headache
• neck, chest wall and low back pain
• shingles
• pain from cancer
• pain following amputation or surgery
• pain resulting from muscle spasms
• pain from injury of a nerve
• neuropathic pain
• many other kinds of pain emanating from the nervous system
• and pain in the pelvic area.

After an initial evaluation by a physician, a comprehensive, individual treatment plan is developed for the patient.

Although complete relief from pain may not be possible in every case, the goal is to improve the quality of life of our patients by

• Providing education to help patients take control of pain.
• Reducing pain and decreasing the need for medications.
• Restoring an optimal level of functioning.
• Helping patients to achieve and maintain healthy lifestyle behaviors.

Providing a Full Range of Services

The Pain Management Center offers the following diagnostic and therapeutic interventional procedures to patients in the greater St. Louis area:

• Trigger point injections
• Botulinum toxin injections
• Stellate ganglion blocks
• Lumbar sympathetic blocks
• Celiac plexus blocks
• Epidural steroid injections
• Diagnostic and therapeutic nerve root sleeve and facet injections
• Diagnostic and therapeutic peripheral nerve blocks
• Dorsal column stimulator trials and permanent implantation
• Radiofrequency neurolysis
• Chemoneuroablation
• Provocative discography
• Intrathecal pump trials and permanent placement
• Spinal endoscopy
• Minimally invasive disc decompression
• Minimally invasive facet stabilization
• Complex medication management
• Other indicated procedures or modalities

For a Physician Referral for pain management in St. Louis, MO, call toll-free 1-888-457-5203.

To reach Des Peres Hospital's pain clinic directly, call 314-966-9162.  Fax 314-966-9218