All pain is, well, for lack of a better word, a pain. Whether you are experiencing chronic pain in your knees and joints, post-surgical pain at an incision site, or blinding headaches that seem to come on at the most inconvenient times, pain is not something we want or wish to deal with.

When someone devotes their life to any field of medicine, they should expect to constantly be learning something new. New methods, new treatments, new applications, new diseases, or new conditions, the list is endless in what our Republic Pain Specialists team learns about regularly. Learning to use known treatments, like certain blocks, and apply them to other issues, is one of the many ways we serve our community. A recent application of the stellate ganglion block to assist with parosmia is o...

When a cancer diagnosis occurs, there will also be logistics about treatment, healing, and recovery that will need to be figured out, along with logistics about all the symptoms that may be experienced. Pain during cancer, and because of treatments, is not entirely uncommon, and you may need to address your pain with your treatment team and with pain management experts like us at Republic Pain Specialists.

TMJ is one of those acronyms used throughout our society and refers to the temporomandibular joint, while TMD refers to all the disorders relating to this joint. Republic Pain Specialists have the information you need about this painful disorder and how to treat it if you think you may be experiencing it.

Republic Pain Specialists are aware of these complexities and work to understand the sources of your pain, the magnitude of your pain, and seek to develop individual treatment plans that make sense for you. One of these unique sources of pain is neurogenic pain.

It is an unfortunate circumstance of our world that there are times limbs or parts of our body are removed. Whether a soldier is injured in the course of battle or infection has set so far within the system, doctors sometimes need to be proactive to save the rest of the patient. Republic Pain Specialists know this can be difficult to work through as rehabilitation and emotional work may need to be done, but there is also some ongoing pain, with Phantom Limb Pain, that may need our attention.

Just like no patient is the same, a patient’s pain in regards to source, type, and magnitude is not the same from anyone else’s either. Our team at Republic Pain Specialists understands the pain our patients are experiencing is completely unique to them. This applies for spinal disc problems and the pain that can come with these problems. Your spinal column carries a lot of weight and pressure, literally, and when the discs between each segment of the spine start to lose strength, you could be...

Chronic pain can come from a number of different issues, concerns, and triggers. Each patient is different and the reason they are experiencing pain can by completely unique. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can cause chronic pain in addition to all of the other related concerns. Republic Pain Specialists can help provide some relief from the pain you are experiencing.

There are a number of internal reasons you may be experiencing neck pain. Over time the discs in your spinal column can develop a lot of issues. They may lose height or flexibility, there could be tears or leaks that cause inflammation around the nerves. If you are having neck pain, you want relief, which Republic Pain Specialists can provide.

Maybe you know someone with Multiple sclerosis, or MS, as it is often called. Maybe you have read about it at some point. Whatever the case, unless you or a close family member has a diagnosis, you may have a lot of questions. Or maybe you recently learned it was a possibility for yourself and you want to know a little more about how to manage your pain. Republic Pain Specialists have the information and pain solutions you are looking for.