Pain Management at UPMC in North Central Pa.

Explore Your Options for Pain Management

Whether you have recently had surgery, or have an ongoing health condition that is causing chronic pain, UPMC is dedicated to helping you find comfort and relief through our comprehensive pain management services. Adults can benefit from pain management to treat discomfort from surgery, chronic or acute muscular conditions, or skeletal (bone), neuropathic, and cancer pain.

Pain Management Services at UPMC

Treatment for acute or chronic pain will depend on your specific health condition, symptoms and medical history.

We offer the following types of pain management services:

Therapies: Providers at UPMC collaborate with several departments, including physical and occupational therapy, to help patients reduce pain levels.
Medication: Pain medications may include steroids, neuropathic pain medication, NSAIDs, or over-the-counter medicine to help minimize discomfort and lessen pain.
Procedures: Depending on your condition and pain level, your provider may recommend interventional procedures, such as cortisone injections in or around the spine. These injections may address painful muscles (trigger point injections), or more serious conditions, such as blocking pain signals being sent from the spinal cord to the brain.

Our specific services include, but are not limited to, the following pain management treatments:

Botox for migraines and spasticity.
Chemodenervation of nerves with RFA and/or neurolytics.
DRG Stimulation.
Endovenous laser ablation or RFA.
Epidural steroid injections (transforaminal and interlaminar).
Facet joint injections.
Geniculate nerve RFA for post TKA pain and patients who are not candidates for TKA.
Intrathecal pump trials and implants for cancer pain.
Kyphoplasty.
Medial branch block and radiofrequency ablation.
Nerve blocks with ultrasound guidance.
Occipital nerve blocks with ultrasound guidance.
Peripheral joint injections.
Peripheral nerve stimulation.
PRP Injections.
Sacroplasty.
Sclerotherapy.
SI joint injections.
Spinal cord stimulation trials and implants.
Sympathetic nerve blocks (stellate ganglion, celiac plexus, hypogastric, and ganglion of impar).
Trigger point injections.
Vertebroplasty.

We are experienced in helping adults with a wide range of medical concerns and pain conditions. We’re here to help you find relief from pain and experience a more optimal day-to-day life.

Conditions We Help Treat

Conditions often treated with pain management include, but are not limited to:

Abdominal and pelvic pain
Back pain
Cancer pain
Complex regional pain syndromes
Fibromyalgia
Headache
Leg pain from Chronic Venous Insufficiency
Musculoskeletal pain (muscles and joint)
Neck pain
Neuropathic pain (Sciatica, Post Herpetic Neuralgia, Diabetic Neuropathy)
Oral and facial pain
Post-surgical pain
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Post-hernia surgery pain
- Post-mastectomy pain
- Post-amputation pain
- Post-thoracotomy pain
Refractory chest pain/angina
Sacral insufficiency fractures
Vertebral body compression fractures

To learn more about the conditions we can treat, speak with a pain management specialist at UPMC.

Our Locations

Pain management specialists at UPMC provide the latest treatment options to address post-surgery discomfort, pain from cancer, and acute or chronic pain in Williamsport, Lock Haven, Coudersport, Lewisburg, and the surrounding areas.