Interventional Pain Management

When chiropractic care, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation are not enough to resolve pain from accident injuries, interventional pain management offers targeted, minimally invasive treatments that address pain at its source — without surgery.

Suncoast Spinemed provides on-site access to a full range of interventional pain management procedures for patients recovering from motor vehicle accidents and related trauma. Our interventional services are coordinated seamlessly with your chiropractic and rehabilitation care, so your treatment plan works together as a whole.

Conditions We Treat

Our interventional pain management team treats a wide range of conditions commonly seen in accident patients, including:

Cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine pain as well as SI Joint Pain
Disc injuries — herniation, bulge, and annular tears
Facet joint syndrome
Nerve root irritation and radiculopathy
Myofascial pain and muscle spasm
Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
Joint pain and soft tissue injuries

Interventional Procedures Offered

Trigger Point Injections
Trigger point injections deliver medication directly into tight, painful muscle knots — providing relief from myofascial pain that does not respond to manual therapies alone. Commonly used for neck, shoulder, and back pain following trauma.

Nerve Blocks
Nerve blocks interrupt pain signal transmission along specific nerve pathways, providing targeted relief for acute and chronic pain conditions stemming from accident injuries.

Medial Branch Blocks
Medial branch blocks are diagnostic and therapeutic injections targeting the medial branch nerves that supply the facet joints of the spine. Used both to confirm facet-mediated pain and to provide relief from cervical, thoracic and lumbar facet syndrome.

Radiofrequency Ablation

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) uses heat generated by radiofrequency energy to disrupt the medial branch nerves responsible for transmitting facet joint pain signals to the brain. When a medial branch block confirms facet-mediated pain as the source of a patient's cervical, thoracic, or lumbar symptoms, RFA is typically the next step — providing
longer-duration relief that can last months to years. RFA is one of the most effective and well-validated interventional options available for facet joint pain following spinal trauma.

Peripheral nerve ablation extends this approach beyond the spine, targeting specific peripheral nerves responsible for localized pain in the extremities and other soft tissue regions — an effective option for accident patients with persistent nerve-mediated pain that has not responded to conservative treatment.

Epidural Steroid Injections
Epidural steroid injections deliver anti-inflammatory medication directly into the epidural space of the spine, reducing inflammation around compressed or irritated nerve roots. An effective option for patients with radiculopathy, disc herniation, or spinal stenosis.

Joint Injections
Targeted injections into painful joints — including the shoulder, knee, hip, and sacroiliac joint — deliver anti-inflammatory medication directly to the source of joint pain and swelling following accident trauma.

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy
PRP therapy uses a concentrated preparation of the patient's own platelets — drawn from a simple blood draw and processed in-office — to deliver a high concentration of growth factors directly to injured tissue. PRP accelerates healing in tendons, ligaments, muscles, and joints, and is increasingly used for soft tissue injuries that have not responded to conventional treatment.

The Intracept Procedure
The Intracept Procedure is a minimally invasive treatment for chronic vertebrogenic low back pain — pain originating from the vertebral endplates and the basivertebral nerve. Using image guidance, radiofrequency energy is delivered to the basivertebral nerve to interrupt pain signals at their source. The Intracept Procedure is FDA-cleared and backed by Level 1 clinical evidence, making it one of the most well-validated options available for appropriate candidates with chronic discogenic low back pain.

Vertebral Annuloplasty
Vertebral annuloplasty is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat pain caused by annular tears in the intervertebral disc. Using image guidance, thermal energy is applied to the inner wall of the disc to seal annular tears and reduce pain from disc-mediated nerve irritation — without the risks and recovery associated with open surgery.

Coordinated, Comprehensive Care

Interventional pain management at Suncoast Spinemed is not a standalone service — it is part of a fully coordinated, multidisciplinary approach to accident injury recovery. Our clinical team works together to ensure that interventional procedures are integrated with your chiropractic care, rehabilitation, and any specialist referrals to produce the best possible outcome.

To learn whether interventional pain management is appropriate for your condition, contact our office to schedule an evaluation.

Central Tampa: (813) 906-0000
USF - Temple Terrace: (813) 668-0000