The Importance of Opioid Education
THE IMPORTANCE OF OPIOID EDUCATION At Tarpon Interventional Pain & Spine Care, it is vitally important to educate our patients on opioids; both to be aware of the risks …
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Trigger Point Injections
Trigger Point Injections What is a Trigger Point Injection? Trigger Point Injections or TPI are a type of injection that may be used to help relieve pain. This procedure …
Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapy
Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapy In spinal cord stimulation (SCS), mild electric currents applied to the spinal cord through small medical devices change pain signals. These mild electrical stimulations to …
CBD or Cannabidiol
CBD You have probably noticed the letters CBD are popping up all over the place. What does CBD stand for, is it safe, and is it beneficial to me? …
Pain Management
What is Pain Management? Pain Management is a medical approach combining science and alternative healing approaches in order to study the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pain. Many of …
Interventional Pain Medicine
Interventional Pain Medicine Interventional pain medicine is an alternative to surgery using various options of treatment. Who Practices Interventional Pain Medicine? Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation physicians, also called physiatrists, …
Driving and Back Pain: What to Do
Back pain is the most common complaint that prompts people to go see a doctor, and about 90 percent of all Americans will suffer from debilitating back pain at some point …
Causes and Treatments for Sciatic Back Pain
Sciatica means one thing for a patient: radiating, shooting pain in the lower back and upper leg. The pain usually starts in the lower back or buttocks and radiates …
Tennis Elbow
Do you experience elbow pain that causes you discomfort on a frequent basis? If so, you may have a condition called tennis elbow. Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) is one of …
Orthopedic Conditions of the Shoulder
Muscle, tendons and ligaments come together in a ball and socket joint to provide stability while also creating flexibility and the range of motion required to perform the never-ending …