"I was a patient at another pain clinic that gave me no relief.... The doctors at WCPM never quit on me. I will never forget what WCPM has done for me" K. Stark
At The Washington Center for Pain Management we are active in clinical research including clinical trials, from abuse deterret opioid drugs to neurostimulation therapy for refractory neuropathic pain.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be a very helpful tool in treating problems such as anxiety and depression. But, not everyone who benefits from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, has a mental health condition.
A lumbar radiofrequency neurotomy is a minimally invasive procedure that reduces or elminates the pain from damaged facet or sacroliac joints by disrupting the medical branch nerves that carry pain signals.
Fibromyalgia is a medical disorder characterized by chronic widespread pain and allodynia, a heightened and painful response to pressure. It is not restricted to pain, leading to the use of the alternative term fibromyalgia syndrome for the condition.
A celiac plexus block is an injection of local anesthetic into or around the celiac plexus of nerves that surrounds the aorta, the main artery in the abdomen.