Medical Pain Consultants

Services

Our Goal

Here at Medical Pain Consultants, Dr. Ortiz has one goal: to relieve chronic pain and to help our patients return to being their former active selves. Instead of relying solely on medication, he utilizes a vast array of therapies such as pain management injections, and OMT, to help relieve pain. He aims to improve one’s quality of life and help to regain function and mobility and reduce stress in one’s life. Individual treatment plans are developed to reduce stress and keep a multi-disciplinary approach to pain management to keep opioid and non-opioid medications at the lowest dose possible while using other pain medicine modalities.

Medical Pain Consultants

Our Services

Opioid and Non-Opioid Medications

Non-narcotic analgesics are medications used to control pain and inflammation. They are available at drugstores without a prescription or by prescription when given at higher doses. Some types of these medications can be given during to reduce post-surgical pain and lessen the need for opioid medications. Non-prescription options: Tylenol (chemical name: acetaminophen); non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as aspirin, Motrin, or Advil (chemical name: ibuprofen); and Aleve or Naprosyn (chemical name: naproxen sodium).  Non-opioids are used to treat acute or persistent pain that is mild to moderate. They also may be used in combination with other medications or therapies to treat moderate to severe pain.

Currently in the United States many opioid-only and opioid combination drugs are used to treat acute and chronic pain when other medications, such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen, aren’t strong enough. Certain types are also used in the treatment of opioid use disorders.  Immediate-release opioids are used to treat acute and chronic pain. Extended-release opioids are typically only used to treat chronic pain when immediate-release opioids are no longer enough or a combination is needed.

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment, or OMT, is a set of techniques used by Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine to diagnose, treat and prevent illness and injury. Using OMT, a DO moves a patient’s muscles and joints using techniques including stretching, gentle pressure and resistance, thus allowing you to use less medication.

Injections

Injections are safe, effective, and can provide an alternative to pain relief than longer-term solutions than, say, oral medications – and are a less invasive option than surgery. They are used to treat a wide variety of orthopedic, neurosurgical or neurological conditions and injuries. One of the most common pain management injections is called a steroid injection. This injection is common for lower back pain but may also help with upper back and neck pain. When injected, medication is injected into the space around the site of pain. The medication reduces inflammation and pain. The length of pain relief depends on the patient.

Nerve Blocks

Nerve Blocks are another common pain management injection. These injections deliver an anesthetic close to particular nerves, in an effort to interrupt nerve signals before they can get to the brain, where they would register as pain. These injections are used to treat pain caused by inflamed nerves and can be used to help identify the source of your pain.

Joint Injections

Joint Injections deliver medication into the joints for quick relief of pain and inflammation. Trigger point and tendon sheath injections can help relax knots of muscles that may be causing pain in other parts of the body (for example, a trigger point in the neck is a common cause of tension headaches). Many of our injections are done under ultrasound for needle guidance.

Other Services:

Diagnostic Tests

Diagnostic tests that help to collaborate one’s pain while working closely with the patient’s primary care physicians, physical therapists and other specialists.

B12 injections

Increases energy levels, fights fatigue and tiredness, promotes deeper sleep, helps maintain immunity, contributes to healthy mood, helps maintain mental clarity, aids in digestion and many more health benefits.