Procedure library
Specific options. Clear clinical questions.
Explore eleven therapies offered by Pohlman Pain Associates, including who may be evaluated, how each procedure works, what recovery can involve, and where the evidence is still developing.
Browse by clinical pathway
Before the procedure
The most important step is choosing the right target.
A treatment name is not a diagnosis. Neck and low-back pain can arise from a nerve root, facet joint, disc, vertebral endplate, sacroiliac joint, narrowed canal, or impaired stabilizing muscle—and more than one source can be present.
Our procedure pages explain the clinical question each therapy is designed to address. A physician still needs to determine whether the history, examination, imaging, prior care, and treatment goals point to that question in your case.
01 · 3 therapies
Neuromodulation
Programmable stimulation strategies for selected chronic pain and motor-control conditions.
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Peripheral nerve stimulation places a small lead near a selected nerve to modify localized pain signaling in areas such as the shoulder, knee, low back, or a post-surgical region.
Understand the procedureMultifidus Stimulation
Restorative multifidus stimulation is designed for selected patients whose chronic mechanical low-back pain is linked to impaired neuromuscular control of a key stabilizing muscle.
Understand the procedureSpinal Cord Stimulation
Spinal cord stimulation uses programmable electrical signals to change how selected chronic neuropathic pain signals are processed—and includes a temporary trial before permanent implantation.
Understand the procedure02 · 4 therapies
Targeted spine care
Diagnosis-specific treatment for vertebral endplates, facet nerves, and painful discs.
BVN Ablation
Basivertebral nerve ablation targets pain signals arising from damaged vertebral endplates—an often-overlooked source of chronic axial low-back pain.
Understand the procedureIntradiscal Therapies
Intradiscal therapies place treatment directly into a carefully selected painful disc. Pohlman Pain Associates highlights nucleus pulposus allograft supplementation, including VIA Disc NP, while presenting its emerging evidence and regulatory context plainly.
Understand the procedureRadiofrequency Ablation
Medial branch radiofrequency ablation uses controlled heat to interrupt selected nerve signals from painful cervical or lumbar facet joints.
Understand the procedureEndoscopic Branch Transection
Endoscopic medial branch transection uses a small camera and working channel to identify and divide selected medial branch nerves that carry pain from the lumbar facet joints.
Understand the procedure03 · 1 therapy
Minimally invasive decompression
Tissue-sparing treatment for selected lumbar stenosis with neurogenic claudication.
04 · 1 therapy
Joint stabilization
A structured pathway from SI-joint diagnosis to durable mechanical stabilization.
05 · 1 therapy
Image-guided injections
Precise medication delivery around an inflamed spinal nerve using live X-ray guidance.
06 · 1 therapy
Regenerative medicine
Autologous orthobiologic options presented with condition-specific evidence and limits.
Broader care pathways
The plan may begin somewhere simpler.
Procedure education is useful, but many visits begin with diagnosis, rehabilitation, medication review, or a targeted diagnostic step.
Not sure which page fits?
You do not need to choose a procedure before your visit.
Tell us what you are experiencing. The first goal can simply be to clarify the clinical question.