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Acupuncture Treatment
Acupuncture has been used to treat many medical conditions, and it can be particularly useful for the treatment of pain.
Capsaicin 8% Patch Application
The 8% capsaicin patch is a patch for use on your skin.
Caudal Epidural Injection
An Epidural Injection is the name given to an injection into the epidural space.
Ilioinguinal Nerve Block
This injection can be helpful in reducing pain in the groin area. The main reason for doing this block is to reduce pain.
Intrathecal Phenol or Alcohol Injection for Cancer Pain
Intrathecal phenol or alcohol injection is a nerve block.
Lumbar sympathetic block
A sympathetic nerve block involves injecting medicine around the sympathetic nerves in your lower back. By doing this, the sympathetic system is temporarily blocked in the hope of reducing or eliminating pain.
Saddle neurolytic block
Using saddle neurolytic block for pain relief
Trigger point injections
Trigger point injections - what they are