Pain management

Pain management often involves treating chronic and acute pain as well as pain associated with long-term illnesses, such as cancer. Methods of treatment may include interventional procedures, medications, therapies or injections — all with the intent of managing your pain.

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Pain management doctors in Denver

If you are one of the millions of Americans who suffer from difficult-to-manage, chronic pain, our specialists can help you find relief.

At HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke's, we have a number of options for managing pain if your condition hasn't responded to conventional medical treatment or traditional surgery. You may also benefit from our innovative methods for pain lasting more than three months.

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Free health-related advice is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.

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Conditions helped by our pain management program

Our pain management specialists care for conditions such as:

Chronic pain
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
Epilepsy (seizure disorder)
Movement disorders

Parkinson’s disease
Pelvic pain
Sleep apnea

Our pain management program

We offer a range of treatments in our pain program that provide relief and get you back to enjoying the activities you love.

Neuromodulation for painful conditions

Our neuromodulation department brings an exceptional depth of expertise to pain and movement disorder treatments. It includes the largest number of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) surgeons in the state. It also includes the Movement Disorders and Pain Program, which provides comprehensive treatment if you have these symptoms:

Chronic pain
Epilepsy (seizure disorder)
Movement disorders
Parkinson’s disease
Sleep apnea

Movement Disorders and Pain Program

At our hospital, the Movement Disorders and Pain Program offers many alternatives to medication for pain and movement disorders. These include:

Deep brain stimulation
Hypoglossal nerve stimulation
Intrathecal baclofen (muscle-relaxant) therapy
Microvascular decompression
Motor cortex stimulation
Peripheral nerve and field stimulation
Spinal cord stimulation
Vagus nerve stimulation

Center for Pelvic Pain

Pelvic pain occurs mostly in the lower abdomen area, below the belly button. The pain might be steady, or it might come and go. If the pain is severe, it might impact your daily activities.

At the Center for Pelvic Pain at HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke's, our multidisciplinary team of physicians is dedicated to the evaluation and treatment of severe pelvic pain in men and women.

Here, a multidisciplinary team of physicians treats:

Bladder, bowel and sexual function
Endometriosis
Neuromyofascial pain (pain related to nerves and muscles)
Other inflammatory conditions

Center for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Our board-certified vascular surgeons in our Center for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome at HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke's offer hope if you're suffering from thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS).

Most people with TOS will improve with stretching and physical therapy. We have experience treating over 5,000 people with TOS, and less than 30 percent had surgery.

However, if surgery is indicated to treat your TOS, we perform the surgery at our center. This surgery helps by taking pressure off the nerves to the arm through the removal of the muscles that surround the nerves, removal of the first rib or both.

Care for CRPS

CRPS is a chronic pain condition that causes physical changes in your limbs, a condition mainly found in middle-aged women. In many patients, CRPS causes intense, burning pain. Additional signs and symptoms include: