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You’ll need a referral from your primary care provider or a specialist for this service.
What’s a Pain Medicine Doctor?
When to See a Specialist
Talk to your primary care doctor if pain prevents you from doing or enjoying your daily activities. They may refer you to a pain medicine specialist who will work with you to create a personalized care plan that may include:
- Interventional pain management, which includes injections, nerve blocks, and other procedures
- Medication management
- Mental health care
- Physical therapy
- Regenerative medicine
- Pain rehabilitation
Conditions Treated
See the full list of conditions we treat, and select a condition to find providers and locations near you.
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Bursitis
- Degenerative disc disease
- Degenerative joint disease
- Facet joint pain
- Headache
- Herniated disc
- Hip bursitis
- Hip enthesopathy
- Hip osteoarthritis
- Hip pain
- Intervertebral disc disease
- Knee disorders
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Low back pain
- Migraines
- Neck pain
- Post-laminectomy syndrome
- Radiculopathy
- Sacroiliac joint pain
- Sciatica
- Shoulder pain
- Spinal stenosis
- Spine disorders
- Spondylolisthesis
- Tendinitis
- Tendinopathy
- Vertebral compression fractures
Your First Appointment
Please bring a list of the current medications you take, and their doses, to your first appointment. You can also bring a family member for support if you wish. During your first visit, your pain medicine doctor will:
- Physically examine you
- Ask how your pain affects your ability to do things you want to do
- Review previous pain treatments, such as drugs, injections, physical therapy, or surgery
- Discuss your goals for care
- Explain your treatment options
- Work with you to develop a personalized care plan.
Team-Based Approach
Benefit from the expertise of specialists working together with you and your primary care doctor. Depending on your condition and needs, your team may include:
- Physiatrist, also called a physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) doctor
- Nurse practitioner
- Anesthesiologist
- Chiropractor
- Interventional radiologist
- Neurologist
- Orthopedist
Pain Rehabilitation
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Regenerative Medicine
Rely on Essentia's pain medicine specialist in Brainerd, MN, to provide Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy, a type of regenerative medicine, to help relieve chronic pain.
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Interventional Pain Management
See a specialist who can help you manage pain before it becomes long lasting. Rely on Essentia's pain medicine doctors for injections and nerve blocks to help reduce pain.