Pain management center
Full range of pain treatments in Park Ridge
Proper diagnosis and treatment can make living with chronic pain much easier. At the Pain Management Center of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, we emphasize appropriate and deliberate care to provide you with all the care you need, but not the care you don't.
What sets us apart:
- Top doctors: Experts in pain management and anesthesiology
- Multidisciplinary approach: Frequently collaborate with experts in other disciplines, to treat the whole patient
- Compassionate care: Committed to helping you reduce pain, use medication appropriately and minimally, and avoid unwanted side effects
To schedule an appointment, call 847-723-2294 or find a pain management specialist online.
Why choose Advocate
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital's Pain Management Center offers our patients:
- Access to physicians who are recognized experts in their field
- Individualized attention from our caring, dedicated support team
- A multidisciplinary program that combines interventional treatments, physical and occupational rehabilitation, and complementary and alternative treatment methods, such as massage therapy
- Referrals to other Advocate specialists, including:
- Physical therapists
- Behavioral health specialists
- Neurologists
- Imaging specialists
Conditions we treat
- Chronic pain
- Acute pain
- Cancer associated pain
- Low back pain
- Neck pain
- Neuropathic or nerve pain
- Post herpetic neuralgia
- Discogenic pain
- Spinal stenosis
- Work-related injuries
- Sacroiliac joint pain
- Facet joint mediated neck or back pain
- Numbness
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Headache
- Post laminectomy pain/failed back surgery
- Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures
- Injuries to the spine; shoulder, knee and hip joints
Diagnosis
Diagnosing acute or chronic pain can be difficult, as each person experiences it in their own way. The process begins with a thorough review of your medical history, and a physical exam including diagnostic tests to rule out other conditions that can cause similar symptoms. It's important for you to describe your symptoms as fully and openly as possible, to help your doctor determine the best treatment methods.
At Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, you will be diagnosed and treated by a pain management specialist: a doctor, Board-certified in pain management and, often, in additional disciplines like anesthesiology, neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation. The pain specialist will consider:
- Severity
- Time - How often, for how long and at what time of day pain occurs
- Location - In one area or several, in a large area or small
- Quality - For example, stabbing, burning or crushing
- Movement or activities that make the pain better or worse
- How much it interferes with your daily activities, especially with pain that:
- Occurs in your lower back or neck
- Persists after an injury has healed, without a clear underlying cause
- Is related to an illness or disease
About chronic pain
Chronic pain:
- Persists for more than three months, or beyond the expected healing period
- Is not relieved by standard medical management
- Partially or totally restricts your day-to-day activities
Physical effects of chronic pain can include:
- Tense muscles
- Limited mobility
- Changes in appetite
- Overall lack of energy
Prolonged physical effects can lead to emotional issues such as depression, anger and anxiety.
Advanced treatments & services
The pain management specialists at the Advocate Lutheran General Hospital's Pain Management Center are skilled in a number of procedures and programs to relieve pain. These include:
- Cancer pain management
- Nerve blocks: therapeutic and diagnostic cervical, thoracic, lumbar epidural steroid injections
- Lumbar sympathetic blocks
- Celiac plexus neurolysis
- Hypogastric plexus neurolysis
- Botox injection
- Peripheral nerve catheters
- Intrathecal pump trials
- Vertebral augmentation (vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty)
- Stellate ganglion blockade (fluoroscopic and ultrasound guided)
- Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar facet blocks (intra-articular and medial nerve branches, trigeminal nerve blocks)
- Radiofrequency ablation-thermal and pulsed
- Discography
- Peripheral nerve stimulator trials
- Consultation services to aid in comprehensive pain management
- SI joint injection
- Shoulder, knee and hip joint injections
- Trigger point injections
- Quetenza patch application
- RF ablation
- Epidural adhesiolysis
- Intradiscal procedures-biascuplasty, IDET and percutaneous disc decompression
- Spinal cord stimulation trials
- Intrathecal bactofen trials
Medication
Pain medicine comes in several forms, including pills, liquids, injections and even skin patches that can be worn for several days. However, pain medications can cause unpleasant side effects in some patients, like nausea, drowsiness and constipation. Please talk to your doctor to determine if medication is appropriate as part of your pain management regimen.
Other services provided
- Placement of intrathecal pumps for cancer and non-cancer pain
- Percutaneous placement of spinal cord or peripheral nerve stimulator leaders and internal pulse generators
- Vertebral augmentation (percutaneous kyphoplasty) minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD) for spinal stenosis
Some programs and services related to back, neck and spine pain are provided in conjunction with the Advocate Health Care Brain & Spine Center.
Learn more about how Advocate's Brain & Spine Center can help relieve your back, neck and spine pain.
Our location
Our Pain Management Center is located in the Parkside Building-Suite 405, on the campus of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital:
1875 Dempster St.
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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