Pain Management
Coping with pain can be extremely challenging, affecting every aspect of your life - physical ability, emotional well-being and interpersonal relationships. Santa Rosa Medical Center's pain management services are designed to give you relief from pain and help you regain control of your life.
The pain management team can develop a customized plan to address your individual needs and restore your quality of life. We offer pain relief strategies for a variety of conditions, including:
- Arthritis pain
- Back, joint and neck pain, including degenerative disc disease
- Cancer-related pain
- Headaches
- Myofascial pain
- Neuropathy
- Pain from injuries and accidents
- Pelvic and abdominal pain
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Treatment Options
At Santa Rosa Medical Center, we focus on each patient's individual needs to develop a personalized treatment plan. After a thorough assessment, the pain management team works closely with each patient to develop an effective solution. Pain management services include:
- Biofeedback and relaxation techniques
- Epidural steroids
- Joint, tissue and nerve injections and blocks
- Massage therapy
- Medication management
- Physical therapy
- Psychological therapy
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Spinal cord stimulation
Benefits of Pain Control
Pain control can help you have greater comfort during recovery, which may help you to get well faster. With less pain, you can start walking, do your breathing exercises and get your strength back more quickly. You may even leave the hospital sooner.
How We Can Help
Pain is a very personal experience and is different for everyone. Only you know what you are experiencing. Tell us:
- When the pain first started
- Where you feel the pain
- What makes the pain better and what makes the pain worse
- How intense the pain is (Scale of 0 to 10)
You will be asked about the amount of pain you can tolerate in order to walk, eat and sleep. This is known as your "comfort goal." You will be asked to state your comfort goal and your present pain intensity using a number between 0 and 10 (0 meaning no pain, 10 meaning the worst possible pain). Using the same scale each time, you tell your doctor or nurse how well your pain is being controlled.