Interventional Pain Management at Metro Pain Centers
You have tried ibuprofen, heating pads, and two rounds of physical therapy. The back pain still wakes you at 3 a.m. Your doctor mentions surgery, and you wonder if there is anything between daily pills and the operating room.
What Is Interventional Pain Management at Metro Pain Centers?
Interventional pain management is a medical subspecialty that uses image-guided, minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat chronic pain. Physicians deliver medication or energy directly to specific nerves, joints, or spinal structures responsible for generating pain signals.
Metro Pain Centers performs interventional pain management procedures using fluoroscopic and ultrasound guidance. Our pain specialists place needles with millimeter precision to block, disrupt, or modulate the nerves carrying pain signals to your brain.
Advanced techniques such as neuromodulation -- the use of electrical impulses or targeted drug delivery to alter nerve activity -- allow the practice to treat pain that has not responded to conventional approaches. These methods give patients options beyond medication and open surgery.
How This Treatment Helps
Our physicians use the latest techniques and technology to deliver precise, effective pain relief with minimal downtime.
Conditions Treated with Interventional Pain Management at Metro Pain Centers
Metro Pain Centers uses interventional pain management to treat a wide range of chronic and acute pain conditions, including:
How It Works
Comprehensive evaluation
Your pain specialist reviews your medical history, imaging studies, and prior treatments. We perform a focused physical examination to pinpoint the anatomical source of your pain.
Diagnostic confirmation
Metro Pain Centers uses diagnostic nerve blocks to confirm which specific nerve or structure generates your pain. This step eliminates guesswork and ensures treatment targets the right location.
Targeted procedure
Your physician performs the indicated intervention -- epidural steroid injection, radiofrequency ablation, nerve block, or spinal cord stimulation trial -- using real-time fluoroscopic or ultrasound guidance.
Recovery and follow-up
Most procedures take 15 to 30 minutes. You rest briefly in our recovery area and leave the same day. The practice schedules a follow-up visit to assess your response and adjust your treatment plan.
Benefits of Interventional Pain Management for Pain Relief
Avoid Surgery and General Anesthesia
Stop wondering whether you really need that spinal fusion. Metro Pain Centers delivers interventional pain management procedures under local anesthesia with mild sedation. You stay awake, avoid surgical risks, and return home the same day.
Target Pain at Its Source
Generic painkillers dull everything. Interventional pain management targets the specific nerve or joint responsible for your pain. Radiofrequency ablation, epidural steroid injections, and nerve blocks deliver relief precisely where you need it.
Reduce Dependence on Medication
Tired of managing side effects from daily pain pills? The practice uses interventional techniques to reduce or eliminate the need for oral pain medication. Many patients decrease their medication use significantly after a treatment series.
What to Expect During Interventional Pain Management Treatment
Before your procedure
Arrive 15 minutes early. Wear comfortable clothing. Your physician may ask you to stop blood thinners or anti-inflammatory medications several days before treatment.
During the procedure
You lie on a procedure table in a sterile environment. Your physician numbs the treatment area with a local anesthetic. Using fluoroscopy or ultrasound, we guide a thin needle to the target structure. The entire procedure typically takes 15 to 30 minutes.
After the procedure
You rest in our recovery area for 15 to 30 minutes while we monitor you. Most patients drive themselves home. Some experience mild soreness at the injection site for 24 to 48 hours. Pain relief may begin immediately or develop over several days depending on the procedure.
Your Interventional Pain Management Specialists at Metro Pain Centers
EXPERIENCE
Led by Dr. Rahul Sood
Dr. Rahul Sood, Chairman of Anesthesiology at New Bridge Medical Centers, leads the practice. Every physician performs hundreds of interventional procedures annually. We offer consultations in English, Spanish, Punjabi, and Hindi to serve our diverse communities across New Jersey and New York.
Our physicians hold board certifications in anesthesiology and pain medicine, with training from Mount Sinai, Rutgers, and Thomas Jefferson University.
Interventional Pain Management Available at 12 NJ and NY Locations
Hear From Our Patients
The doctors actually listen to you and take time to explain everything. I finally found relief after years of back pain.
From my first visit, I felt like they genuinely cared about helping me get better. The staff is wonderful and the treatments changed my life.
After seeing multiple doctors with no improvement, Metro Pain Centers finally gave me a treatment plan that works. I can't recommend them enough.
Start Your Interventional Pain Management Treatment Today
You do not have to choose between endless medication and major surgery. [Schedule your interventional pain management consultation at Metro Pain Centers](/contact/) and find out which targeted procedure can address your specific pain condition. Same-day appointments available.