by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Aug 26, 2026 | Neuromodulation
Summary: Spinal cord stimulation uses a small implanted device to deliver mild electrical signals to the spinal cord, interrupting pain signals before they reach the brain. It’s designed for chronic neuropathic pain that hasn’t responded to other...
by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Aug 24, 2026 | Non-Surgical Pain Relief
Summary: Cryoneurolysis uses precisely controlled cold to temporarily interrupt a sensory nerve’s ability to transmit pain signals. The nerve isn’t destroyed, its outer structure stays intact, which allows it to regenerate over the following months rather...
by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Aug 21, 2026 | Knee Pain
Summary: Knee pain gets attributed to arthritis by default, largely because arthritic changes show up on imaging in most adults past a certain age, whether or not those changes are causing pain. Meniscus injury, patellofemoral pain, bursitis and tendinopathy around...
by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Aug 19, 2026 | Knee Pain
Summary: A knee replacement recommendation isn’t always the only path forward, and for many patients it isn’t the necessary next step. Corticosteroid injections, viscosupplementation, genicular nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablation, and cryoneurolysis can...
by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Aug 17, 2026 | Sciatica
Summary: An epidural steroid injection delivers anti-inflammatory medication into the epidural space around a compressed nerve root, reducing the inflammation that causes most radicular pain. It’s a brief, image-guided outpatient procedure, and it’s a...
