Sport Medicine and Pain Management Rehabilitation

Hackensack Meridian Health Outpatient pain management and rehabilitation for all ages. Our team uses interventional techniques to treat back and musculoskeletal pain due to chronic conditions or injuries. To achieve the treatment goals, we use non-surgical and non-addictive methods of pain relief.

• Avoiding subsequent injury
• How to manage existing pain
• Promoting a healthy lifestyle
• Reduce and relieve pain
• Regaining function
• Restores confidence

Our team of board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation doctors and care staff create an individual care plan for each patient to help them regain strength, ease pain, and restore function quickly and safely.

When to seek pain management and sports medicine rehabilitation

Patients with these symptoms or conditions are treated by us:

• Foot and ankle problems
• Arthritic conditions
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS, RSD)
• Diabetic nerve pain
• Golfer’s elbow, tennis elbow, elbow swelling
• Fibromyalgia, myofascial pain
• Bursitis, arthritis, or pain in the hip or groin
• Limited range of motion or joint pain
• Knee pain, buckling
• Lower back pain
• Pain in the neck and spine
• Neuropathic pain
• After back surgery, pain issues
• Stroke and spinal cord injury can cause pain.
• Pelvic pain
• Radicular or sciatica pain
• Injections of the shoulder, hip, and knee
• Tendonitis and ligament sprain

Sports Rehabilitation and Pain Management: What are the Treatment Options?

Our services include:

• Bursa injections A steroid injection which can reduce joint pain due to arthritis or other inflammatory conditions.
• Real-time imaging to identify potential pain sources
• Discography An imaging test that is used to diagnose the root cause of back pain
• Steroid injections to the epidural area: To relieve back pain, a steroid injection is delivered directly into the region outside of fluid surrounding your spinal cord.
• Medial branch blocks and facet joint injections: Injections with local anesthetic or steroid into the medial branch, the area just outside the joint space known as the medial joint, or the facet joint in your spine.
• Fluoroscopic spinal injections: Utilizes Xray-guidance for targeted spine treatments.
• Myofascial trigger points injections: To relieve muscle pain, a small amount of anesthetic is injected into the trigger points in the legs, arms, and lower back.
• Occipital nerve block: Injections with anesthetic or steroid in the neck to prevent headaches and migraines.
• Peripheral nerve injections: To stop pain in an area, an anesthetic is administered near a nerve bundle or nerves.
• Platelet rich plasma therapy: Uses the body’s natural healing power to speed up healing of injured tendons and ligaments.
• Radiofrequency ablation This is a method to reduce pain signals from a specific area.
• Rehabilitation psychology. After a life-changing event, our rehabilitation psychologists take care of each patient’s mental and emotional health.
• Sacroiliac joint injections (SI): A lower back injection with anesthetic to relieve back pain.
• Injections of pain into the knees, hips and shoulders: An injection of anesthetic along with a steroid is given to the joints.
• Sphenopalatine Blocks: A catheter is used to administer an anesthetic to a group behind the nose for headache treatment.
• Spinal Cord Stimulation: A spinal stimulator is an implanted device which uses low levels electrical impulses to manage spinal pain.
• Sympathetic nerve block: Steroid injections around sympathetic nerve roots along spine for pain relief.
• Ultrasound-guided nerve and joint blocks: Targets injections for pain relief