855-WVU-CARE | Center for Integrative Pain Management

Overview

The WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management strives to treat the whole person, not just the physical symptoms of pain. Our trained providers take the time to figure out the underlying causes of your pain and develop an integrative and individualized plan to target the affected area, to provide relief from pain, and improve your quality of life. Our integrative approach combines the latest medical treatments with individual and group behavioral therapy, nutritional counseling with a registered dietitian, movement therapy with an exercise physiologist, and natural treatments like acupuncture, massage therapy, and chiropractic care.

Conditions We Treat

WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management providers treat all forms of acute and chronic pain, including:

Abdominal pain
Back pain
Cancer pain
Cervicogenic headache (and other head pain)
Chronic pancreatitis
Degenerative disc disease
Herniated disc
Musculoskeletal pain
Myofascial pain (chronic muscular pain)
Neck pain
Neuropathy (nerve disease causing numbness or weakness)
Osteoarthritis
Peripheral vascular disease
Sacroilitis (inflammation of sacroiliac joint(s)
Shingles
Spinal stenosis
Spinal cord injuries
Tension headache
Trauma

Evaluation and Treatment

All patients will go through our intake process (see our new patient information guide), and our team will construct an individualized treatment plan to help you through your pain management journey. Your treatment plan may include a combination of different therapies, including:

Acupuncture
Behavioral medicine
Chiropractic medicine
Massage therapy
Movement therapy
Nutritional counseling
Spinal cord stimulation

If your provider determines that you would benefit from pain injections, we offer a variety of traditional injection methods, including:

Epidural corticosteroid injections
Nerve blocks
- Celiac plexus (treats pain associated with nerves in abdomen)
- Diagnostic facet (determines if your back pain is caused by facet joints)
- Lumbar sympathetic (treats pain in the lower back)
- Therapeutic facet (addresses back pain caused by facet joints)
- Stellate ganglion (affects pain caused by nerves in the neck)
Trigger point injection
Sacroiliac joint injection
Rhizotomy (radiofrequency waves and heat destroy problematic nerves)