Conditions Treated
Body pain affects everybody differently, and common symptoms can be signs of various conditions.
It’s important to provide an accurate diagnosis and plan for a variety of conditions:
Chronic fatigue syndrome: This disorder is characterized by extreme fatigue without a clear underlying cause, and the fatigue fails to improve with rest.
Complex regional pain syndrome: Also called CRPS, this rare condition develops when an injury causes extensive nerve damage. The resulting pain is out of proportion to the injury itself.
Facet joint syndrome: This arthritis-like condition causes degeneration and pain in the facet joints, which allow the spine to turn, bend and stand.
Pain from metastatic cancer: Metastatic cancers are tumors that have spread from their point of origin. The disease and subsequent treatments often result in side effects, including pain.
Painful peripheral neuropathy: This occurs when nerve endings are damaged but continue sending pain signals long after the condition causing the pain has passed.
Painful diabetic neuropathy: When diabetes attacks the nervous system, it may cause pain and other sensation anomalies known as diabetic neuropathy.
Peripheral neuralgia: Also known as peripheral neuropathy, this pain is the result of damage to nerve endings in the hands and feet.
Phantom limb pain: This pain feels like it originates from a limb or body part that was amputated. Its true point of origin, however, is in the central nervous system.
Pinched nerves: When a bone, piece of cartilage, muscle, or tendon puts pressure on a nerve, it can disrupt the nerve’s function and send false signals of pain, tingling, or numbness.
Body Pain Treatments Offered
Dr. Arcos is proficient in a broad range of cutting-edge treatment options that can relieve body pain and help patients restore their quality of life.
After performing diagnostic testing a patient’s unique treatment plan may include any of the following modalities:
- Endoscopic and percutaneous decompression
- Endoscopic discectomy
- Endoscopic foraminotomy
- Caudal, interlaminar, and transforaminal epidural steroid injections
- Facet joint injections
- Facet joint thermal ablation
- Spinal cord stimulators
- Peripheral nerve stimulator
- Dorsal root ganglion therapy
- Sympathetic and stellate ganglion block
- Sacroiliac joint injections
- Sacroiliac joint fusion