Mercy Clinic Pain Management - E. Seminole

Our pain management care team in Springfield offers a short, outpatient procedure designed to treat lumbar spinal stenosis called MILD (minimally invasive lumbar decompression). MILD is a minimally invasive surgical procedure, requiring no overnight hospital stay. This safe and effective procedure can increase standing time and walking distance, leading to a better quality of life. MILD also has a safety profile similar to epidural steroid injections but with lasting results, and patients typically return to normal activity within 24 hours with no restrictions. MILD is covered nationwide by Medicare.

Multidisciplinary care is considered the best practice for chronic pain management. Our team of health psychologists and nurses is specially trained to help manage health challenges. Our comprehensive approach is designed to reduce suffering, facilitate coping, and improve outcomes. We use up-to-date neuroscience clinical research to apply effective methods that help you regain control of your life.

At Mercy Clinic Pain Management in Springfield, we provide state-of-the-art, safe and science-based treatments that support physical treatments. Research has shown medical problems and functional limitation outcomes are improved using psychological approaches to suffering and pain. Some medical problems are conducive to psychological treatment. Patients report reduced pain as a result of treatment for depression and PTSD. 

We begin with an evaluation to determine the best treatment plan. Following this initial analysis, we will recommend a treatment plan customized to meet your needs. 

Evaluations:

• Behavioral medicine evaluation – helps your health care team understand the important factors and coping difficulties that influence suffering and impact quality of life.
• Pre-surgical psychological evaluation – helps your health care team estimate surgical prognosis based upon scientific information. Psychosocial factors can lead to changes in your body’s healing, immune functions, and pain. Pre-surgical treatment can greatly improve surgical prognosis.

Treatments:

• Alpha-Stimulation
• Biofeedback
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for pain, mood-related factors and insomnia
• Neurofeedback using brain mapping and other advanced methods of assessment
• Psychotherapy
• Relaxation response therapy
• Stress management & relaxation response therapy 
• Supportive treatment for cancer
• Trauma treatment includes eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) 

Goals:

• To deal with the cause of the pain
• When possible, reduce the need for pain medications
• To change the patient’s perception of pain
• To improve daily function despite pain

Mercy's Headache Management Clinic in Springfield has providers specially trained in the diagnosis and treatment of difficult to treat headaches. At your initial visit, we will assess your history of headaches and design an individualized plan of care just for you.

If you have lower back pain that lasts more than six months and doesn't respond to conservative care, this breakthrough procedure may help you. Our Springfield pain management team offers Intracept, a minimally invasive outpatient procedure. Intracept targets the nerve that carries pain signals to the vertebrae. Studies have shown the Intracept procedure can provide continued pain relief. Many patients had lasting pain relief for up to 24 months after only one treatment.