Patient Education

Interventional Pain Medicine

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Back Pain Specialist

Back pain is a leading cause of lost work and disability. If you have back pain that’s interfering with your life, visit Ngo Pain and Spine Institute in Pasadena and Pearland, Texas.
Depending on your needs, Dr. Ngo will create your personalized treatment plan, which could include:

1. Epidural steroid injections

2. Radiofrequency ablation

3. Spinal cord stimulation

4. Minimally invasive lumbar decompression / Vertiflex

5. Kyphoplasty / Vertebroplasty

Call us for an appointment today!

Neck Pain

Treatment plans are usually multidisciplinary, combining therapies to approach your condition in several ways. Depending on your needs, your treatment plan for neck pain might include:

1. Physical therapy

2. Epidural steroid injections

3. Spinal cord stimulation

4. Radiofrequency ablation

Dr. Ngo utilizes interventional pain management techniques that address the cause of your pain instead of masking it with medications.

Call Ngo Pain and Spine Institute for an appointment today!

Joint Pains

Once Dr. Ngo understands your pain and has identified its cause, he creates a customized, multidisciplinary pain management program. He often combines therapies to deliver pain relief and address the underlying condition. Some of the treatments that are often helpful for joint pain include:

1. Joint injections

2. Nerve blocks

3. Radiofrequency ablation

4. Regenerative medicine and Physical Therapy

Call Ngo Pain and Spine Institute for an appointment today!

Nerve Pain

Numbness, tingling, and weakness often accompany nerve pain, and you should never ignore it. At Ngo Pain and Spine Institute, Dr. John Ngo, M.D., a fellowship trained interventional pain management specialist, will diagnose and treat your nerve pain with innovative treatments. Don’t let pain interfere with your life, call Ngo Pain and Spine Institute or schedule a consultation online today.

Educational Videos

Epidural Steroid Injections for Back and Leg Pain

There are three types of epidural steroid injections: Interlaminar, Transforaminal and Caudal. These treatments involve an injection of corticosteroids (similar to cortisone) into the space just outside the covering (the dura) of the spinal cord in your lower back. Since the injection is outside (epi) the dura, it is called an epidural injection. These are different then the epidural injections given during pregnancy.

Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections for Neck Pain

An epidural steroid injection (ESI) is a minimally invasive procedure that can help relieve neck, arm, back, and leg pain caused by inflamed spinal nerves due to spinal stenosis or disc herniation. Medicines are delivered to the epidural space, which is a fat-filled area between the bone and the protective sac of the spinal nerves. Pain relief may last for several days or even years. The goal is to reduce pain so that you may resume normal activities and a physical therapy program.

Radiofrequency Ablation for Nerve Pain / Joint Pains

A radiofrequency ablation is a minimally invasive procedure that destroys the sensory nerve fibers carrying pain signals to the brain. It can provide lasting relief for people with chronic pain, especially in the lower back, neck and arthritic joints. If you suffer recurrent pain and you’ve experienced good relief with a nerve block injection, you may be a candidate for a radiofrequency ablation.

Kyphoplasty for Vertebral Compression Fractures

Most compression fractures of the spine are attributed to osteoporosis. Kyphoplasty is a procedure that stabilizes the fracture, helps restore the height of the collapsed vertebral fracture and reduces the associated pain.

Spinal Cord Stimulation for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Pain is usually managed with non-surgical methods such as injections and nerve blocks. When these options fail and severe pain turns into a chronic condition, spinal cord stimulation may be the next step for you. After this procedure, patients may feel a dull tingling sensation in place of their sharp pain. Spinal cord stimulation is a type of neuromodulation, which is a surgical procedure that implants electrodes in the body to change how the nervous system works. Spinal cord stimulation involves placing the electrodes on the spinal cord to control pain signals. It is a minimally invasive procedure, requiring a small incision over the targeted area.

Sacroiliac Joint Fusion for SI Joint Pain

Sacroiliac Joint pain is a very common condition that is very responsive to injections and radiofrequency ablation. When these conservative measures do not provide long-lasting pain relief, a more permanent solution involves implantation of an allograft into the sacroiliac joint to provide stabilization and support.

Intracept Procedure for Low Back Pain

The Intracept procedure treats focal low back pain that occurs from degeneration of the intervertebral discs causing vertebrogenic back pain. The pain stays in the low back and generally gets worse with bending forward. If you have these back pain features this may be the solution.

MILD Procedure for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

If you are experiencing pain or numbness in your lower back when you are standing upright, or numbness and tingling in your legs or buttocks when you walk you may be suffering from a condition called lumbar spinal stenosis.

Minimally invasive lumbar decompression, commonly referred to as the MILD procedure is an outpatient procedure that relieves pressure on the spine. Like a drinking straw with a kink in it, the spinal canal can narrow compressing the spinal nerves in the lower back.

Clinical studies show it is a safe and effective procedure that helps lumbar spinal stenosis patient's stand longer and walk farther with significantly less pain.

Tenjet Tenotomy Procedure for Bursitis

If you are experiencing pain consistent with bursitis in your hip, shoulder or glute or if you have failed many conventional steroid shots into your bursa, this may be a fantastic option to help treat your bursitis.

The Tenjet tenotomy procedure is a same-day outpatient procedure that is very quick and effective using ultrasound guidance. It consists of a device that delivers a controlled, supersonic stream of water to help break up diseased tendon while sparing healthy tissue.

The procedure allows you to return to daily activities quicker without the need for invasive and painful surgery by targeting the source of your chronic tendon pain.