Pain Management Brochure

Pain Relief Services

STRIC offers spine and joint image-guided treatments. Our radiologists correlate imaging findings with clinical assessment, deliver image-guided therapy with documentation of needle placement, and use minimally invasive procedures designed for maximum potential for relief. All procedures are performed by specialized musculoskeletal radiologists.

Pain Relief Treatment Candidates

Persistent pain that does not improve with therapy
Neck, back or sciatic pain
Abnormal imaging study
Degenerative arthritis
Joint-centered pain
Spinal stenosis
Disc herniation

Vertebral Augmentation (Kyphoplasty / Vertebroplasty)

Using fluoroscopy guidance, bone cement is placed into weakened or fractured bones of the spine.
The cement stabilizes the bone and promotes healing, thereby reducing or eliminating pain.

Nerve Root Block

Helps determine pain origin and reduce inflammation.
Steroid and anesthetic are injected into the area surrounding a single nerve root in the spine.

Facet Block & Denervation / Facet Injection

Block is performed to assess if the pain is coming from the small joints in the back of the spine.
Long term relief of pain can then be achieved by thermal ablation of the nerves to the joints.
A facet intraarticular injection is performed to relieve facet joint pain.

Joint Treatment (includes bursa & tendon treatment)

Image-guided injections provide maximal success.
Upper and lower extremity intraarticular injections.
Sacroiliac joint intraarticular injections.
Peritendinous and bursal injections for pain.
Calcific tendinitis aspiration.
Baker's cyst and ganglion cyst therapy.

Featured Pain Management Physicians

Jack P. Clement IV, M.D., Ph.D.

Musculoskeletal Radiology / Interventional Pain Management
Started with STRIC: July 2005
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
Specializes in: Musculoskeletal (Bone) Radiology and Interventional Pain Management
From: New Orleans, Louisiana
Interests: Family, snowboarding, and duck hunting

Lance Reinsmith, M.D.

Musculoskeletal Radiology / Interventional Pain Management
Started with STRIC: July 2011
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Fellowship: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Washington University in St. Louis)
Specializes in: Musculoskeletal Radiology and Interventional Pain Management
From: Houston, Texas
Interests: Traveling, fishing, and playing guitar with my children

Scheduling

Pain Management Scheduling: 210-617-9070 · www.stric.com

Pain Management Locations

Hardy Oak Imaging & Interventional Center — 18707 Hardy Oak Blvd., Suite 100, San Antonio, TX 78258
Orthopedic Imaging Center — 25 Spurs Lane, Sub Level, Suite 140, San Antonio, TX 78240
Northeast Imaging Center — 12602 Toepperwein, Suite 101, San Antonio, TX 78233 (Joint treatments only: Joint Pain Injections, Baker's or Ganglion Cyst Therapy)