PAIN MANAGEMENT

What Is Pain Management?

A pain management specialist is a physician with special medical training in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of all different types of pain. Pain is a wide spectrum of disorders including acute pain, and chronic pain, and sometimes a combination of these. Pain management helps a patient alleviate or manage their chronic pain without surgery, using specialized interventional techniques.

Dr. Justin Kruer is board-certified and fellowship-trained in Pain Medicine, and he has been providing patients with pain management care for the past 12 years in northern Kentucky. His goal with pain management has always been to allow his patients to be in charge of their pain and not let the pain be in charge of them. He works with his patients to help get them back to work or play as quickly as possible while avoiding the dependence and potential addiction of chronic opioids. Dr. Kruer is able to offer nonsurgical options, including injections and radiotherapy, to those suffering from chronic pain.

Patient Education Links:

• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
• Epidural Steroid Injections
• Facet Joint Injections
• Injections for Pain
• Piriformis Muscle Injections
• Radiofrequency Ablation
• SI Joint Injections
• Spinal cord stimulators

Cervical Spine:

• Cervical Spinal Stenosis
• Cervical Spine Anatomy
• Neck Pain

Thoracic Spine:

• Thoracic Disc Herniation
• Thoracic Spine Herniation

Lumbar Spine:

• Low Back Pain
• Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease
• Lumbar Disc Herniation
• Lumbar Facet Joint Arthritis
• Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
• Lumbar Spine Anatomy
• Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
• Lumbar Spondylolysis
• Piriformis Syndrome
• Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction

Services Provided:

• Occipital nerve blocks
• TMJ and trigeminal neuralgia injections
• Botox for intractable headaches/spasticity
• Cervical facet joint injections
• Cervical medial branch blocks
• Cervical radiofrequency ablation
• Cervical epidural steroid injections
• Stellate ganglion block
• Intercostal nerve blocks
• Thoracic epidurals and facet joint injections
• Lumbar sympathetic blocks
• Lumbar facet joint injections
• Lumbar medial branch blocks
• Lumbar radiofrequency ablation
• Lumbar interlaminar and transforaminal epidurals
• Celiac plexus blocks
• Superior hypogastric plexus blocks
• Sacroiliac joint injections and radiofrequency ablation
• Coccygeal injections
• Saphenous nerve block
• Peripheral nerve blocks for ankle/foot/wrist/hand
• Joint injections
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Intrathecal pump
• Platelet-rich plasma (PRP therapy)
• Stem cells
• Mild procedure

Conditions treated:

• Low back pain
• Lumbar disc herniation
• Sciatica
• Lumbar facet joint arthritis and cysts
• Lumbar compression fractures
• Neck pain
• Occipital neuralgia
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Cervicogenic headaches and migraines
• Cervical disc herniation
• Cervical facet arthropathy
• Cervical radiculopathy
• Thoracic pain and disc herniations
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• Intercostal neuralgia
• Postherpetic neuralgia/shingles
• Phantom pains/post-amputation pain
• Coccydynia
• Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
• Osteoarthritis of joints
• Pain after total knee replacement
• Neuropathies/neuralgias
• Post-surgical pain (peripheral and spine)
• Cancer pain
• Post-stroke pain
• Chronic pelvic pain
• Myofascial pain syndrome

Pain Management Doctor in Missoula, MT

At Missoula Bone & Joint, our providers are here for you every step of the way. We have a reputation for being friendly, helpful, professional, and caring, and we will go above and beyond to ensure that all your needs are addressed. For an appointment, call (406) 721-4436 today or request one online.