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Comprehensive Pain Care

Ask for a referral to the Pain Management Center.

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Pain Management Center

What is Pain Management?

Pain management is a type of healthcare that helps ease pain and improve the quality of life for those suffering from chronic and acute pain. Pain is treated by a team and through a plan customized for each patient's condition and individual needs.

The Baystate Pain Management Center, a service of Baystate Medical Center, is the only comprehensive, interdisciplinary center for the care and treatment of patients with persistent pain in western Massachusetts. We offer a full range of treatments including spine services, medical pain treatment and rehabilitation, physical therapy, and behavioral medicine.

We provide the latest methods of pain relief as well as comprehensive palliative care for patients with cancer or intractable (hard to control) pain.

Conditions We Treat

  • Back and neck pain
  • Compression fractures
  • Spinal stenosis
  • Pain from nerve injuries
  • Herpes zoster (Shingles)
  • Cancer pain
  • "Spinal" headaches
  • Headaches and facial pain, including migraines
  • Surgical incision pain
  • Pain following amputations and injuries
  • Arthritis pain
  • Pain from soft tissue injuries
  • Neuropathic pain
  • Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

Treatments We Provide

  • Nerve blocks
  • Cryoanalgesia/ Lovera®: freezing of nerve fibers
  • Radiofrequency therapy: heating of nerve fibers
  • Spinal Cord Stimulators (SCS)
  • Peripheral Nerve Stimulators: Stimwave® and Sprint®
  • DRG (Dorsal Root Ganglion) Stimulation
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Vertiflex® interspinous stabilization
  • Ketamine infusions
  • Qutenza® (High Concentration Capsaicin) Patch
  • Behavioral medicine
  • Physical therapy 

Appointments & Instructions

First, you will need a referral to Pain Management. Once we've received a referral from your physician, we will contact you to schedule an appointment. Your first visit will be a telephone visit with a registered nurse to review your pain history, medical history and medications. The nurse will then schedule you to see a Pain Management physician.

Be sure to: 

  • Bring all radiology test results with you for the first visit (i.e. films, MRI's, CT scans). If you're a Baystate Health patient, you can access these through the MyBaystate patient portal. 
  • Bring a current list of all the medications you are taking.

Insurance

We participate in most insurance programs offered in our area, including Medicare, Medicaid, Health New England, HealthNet, Tufts, HMO Blue, the Aetna Plans, the City of Springfield Plans, Mass Mutual Preferred Plus, Blue Shield and Workman's Compensation.

If you have any questions about whether your specific health plan covers our services, please call the toll-free number on the back of your insurance member ID card.

Baystate Pain Management Center's charges have two components:

  1. Facility charge: this covers charges for your visit and any procedure
  2. Provider charge: this covers the fee for the provider which is billed by Springfield Anesthesia Services, Inc.

    If your plan requires a co-payment, please be prepared to pay for this at the time of your visit.

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