Pain Management

Overview

Pain specialists in New Mexico

The pain management doctors at Lovelace Health System provide compassionate care and treatment for patients who have acute and chronic pain symptoms. Our locations provide pain care to patients across all of New Mexico.

We take pride in our professional treatment methods. This includes an accurate assessment and diagnosis while offering practical and appropriate rehabilitation plans. Our goal is to provide comprehensive treatment for patients suffering from various types of acute and chronic pain. As part of this, our pain management specialists work with you to learn how to function productively while increasing your strength, endurance, and flexibility.

If you are experiencing pain, ask your doctor for a referral. For more information, please call 505-727-2727

Our pain clinic locations

Lovelace UNM Rehabilitation Hospital Pain Clinic

Lovelace UNM Rehabilitation Hospital Pain Clinic offers pain assessment, interventional pain management services by physician specialists, and referrals for outpatient therapies when needed. Our goal is to provide our patients with healing-oriented medicine with an emphasis on the therapeutic relationship and a partnership between the patient and practitioner to provide our patients the chance of an active and rewarding life.

Pain conditions we treat

Back pain
Chronic pain
Cancer pain
Complex regional pain syndrome
Diabetic neuropathy
Phantom limb pain
Shoulder and joint pain
Spinal stenosis

Pain treatments we offer

Caudal injections
Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar epidural steroid injections
Joint injections
Massage therapy
Nerve block injections
Paravertebral facet injections
Pelvic floor rehabilitation
Peripheral nerve blocks
Physical and occupational rehabilitation
Radiofrequency ablation
Sacroiliac joint injections
Spinal cord stimulation
Trigger point injections

Additional outpatient services

Aquatics
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Pre-employment, worksite, and ergonomic evaluations
Speech therapy

Lovelace Women's Hospital Pain Clinic

Lovelace Women’s Hospital Pain Clinic focuses on women’s special pain needs. We treat pain conditions including back, shoulder, and joint pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, diabetic neuropathy, cancer pain, vertebrae compression fractures, phantom limb pain, spinal stenosis, and more. We implement healing-oriented medicine with an emphasis on the therapeutic relationship and a partnership between the patient and the practitioner.

Our Pain Therapy procedures help patients manage their pain through the use of integrative medicine to provide a continuum of care and support for women experiencing pain issues. Services include traditional and specialized therapies such as:

Massage therapy
Pelvic floor rehabilitation
Physical and occupational rehabilitation
Nerve block injections
Joint injections
Radiofrequency ablation
Spinal cord stimulation trial

To make a new patient appointment, please call 505.727.2727

Please note: Some services received in our clinics may be considered hospital-based; therefore, a patient billing statement will be divided into two separate charges, which may include both a facility fee and a provider fee. For questions, please contact our Patient Financial Services office at 505.727.0100 or 866.948.1444 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday. Patients are responsible for the amount due portion of the statement for patient care services rendered.

PM&R

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) is a field of medicine that helps people of all ages with serious injuries and disabilities imporve their function and quality of life. PM&R physicians, also known as Physiatrists, diagnose and treat a variety of medical conditions that affect the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles and tendons. Physiatrists may also work with other physicians, which may include primary care physicians, neurologists, orthopedic surgeons and many others, ensuring extensive patient care.

Our physicians are dedicated to helping patients with the following conditions: