Georgia-based physician Robert Windsor, MD, specializes in pain management and chronic pain conditions. Robert Windsor, MD, is skilled in several interventional pain management procedures, ranging from minimally invasive to surgical techniques.
Interventional pain management relieves or eliminates chronic pain such as headaches and lower back pain. Some of the most common procedures include:
- Epidural steroid injections. This treatment is recommended for patients experiencing first-time neck or lower back pain due to a pinched nerve or damaged disc. A single injection can provide relief for a few weeks to a few years.
- Radiofrequency rhizotomy. This minimally invasive procedure prevents pain signals from reaching the brain by ablating, or burning, impacted nerves with an electrode-tipped needle. While a patient may need assistance traveling home after the procedure, most patients recover within 72 hours.
- Electrical stimulation. If less invasive procedures are ineffective, doctors may recommend this procedure to modulate pain signals with electrical pulses delivered to the nerve through an implanted device.
