Free Pain Screening Quiz
Pain presents itself in many different ways, at different times and in many cases is triggered by specific activities.
Arizona Pain Treatment Centers will be happy to answer your questions in conjunction with a personal phone call follow up with one of our doctors.
Please answer the questions as accurately as possible.
A cervical radiculopathy is pain and symptoms that spread or radiate. The problem develops when a nerve root in your neck is compressed or irritated. You may recognize this disorder by terms such as nerve root impingement, nerve entrapment, or pinched nerve.
The cervical nerve roots branch off the spinal cord and travel through passageways into your upper back, shoulders, arms, and hands. These nerves control upper body function and sensation. This means radiculopathy may affect arm coordination (function) or produce pain or numbness (sensation).
Your cervical spine begins below the base of the skull. It is made up of 7 vertebral bodies, discs, ligaments, the spinal cord, and 8 pair of spinal nerve roots. Where different disorders that can cause radiculopathy:
- Bony overgrowths called osteophytes(bone spurs)
- Bulging or herniated discs
- Degenerative disc disease
- Thickening of spinal ligaments
Neck pain is the foremost symptom. Radicular pain may spread (radiate) across one or both shoulders and down one or both arms. When motor function is impaired, it may be difficult to lift your arms over the head. Your arms and/or hands may feel weak. It can be difficult to coordinate hand movement or lift things. Symptoms may develop suddenly or gradually.
- Pain, mild to severe
- Muscle weakness
- Sensations: burning, tingling, numbness, pins and needles
- Headaches
A lumbar radiculopathy, also know as sciatica, is a pain that originates along the sciatic nerve, which extends from the back of the pelvis down the back of the thigh. The sciatic nerve is the primary nerve of the leg. It is also the largest nerve in the entire body.
The most common symptoms of a lumbar radiculopathy are lower back pain that radiates down the buttock and back of one thigh, pain that extends from the buttock down to the foot, numbness and weakness in severe cases.
Different disorders can cause radiculopathy
- Bony overgrowths called osteophytes(bone spurs)
- Bulging or herniated discs
- Degenerative disc disease
- Thickening of spinal ligaments
Often times, a lumbar radiculopathy is caused by a herniated disc in the spine that presses on the sciatic nerve. Other causes that may put pressure on the sciatic nerve may include: tumor, abscess, blood clot, awkward sitting position, and nerve disorders.
As a multi-disciplinary team, we understand that pain can change and destroy a person’s life. It is discouraging to watch our patients, friends and family suffer in pain. We know we can make a difference and help provide the best education and options available. We offer Endoscopic Microdiscectomy and Endoscopic Rhizotomy procedures. Our non-surgical treatments offered are therapeutic and diagnostic injection medicine therapy. These include epidural steroid injections, non-steroidal injections, nerve blocks and ablations, joint injections, and trigger point injections. We also offer many other procedures for pain relief.
We are passionate about giving life back to our community every day. We specialize in most types of pain, including neck and back pain, arm and shoulder pain, leg, hip and knee pain, as well as headaches and migraines. We treat pain from Car Accident or Wreck Injuries, Sport Injuries, Workman’s Comp and daily wear and tear.
We are excited to be known by our patients and referring Primary Care Physicians as Top Doctors and Top Pain Specialists in Phoenix. We are also proud to have great relationships with other pain centers like Arizona Pain Specialists, The Pain Centers of Arizona, Arizona Pain Centers, Advanced Pain Management, Sonoran Spine and Barrow Neurosurgical Institute.
Arizona Pain Treatment Centers has been serving the greater Phoenix area since 1997. We have patients under our care that live in Phoenix, North Phoenix, Scottsdale, Peoria, Glendale, Maryvale, Tolleson, South Phoenix, Mesa, East Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Ahwatukee, Gilbert, Queen Creek, San Tan Valley, Apache Junction, Tuscon, and even Globe.
We are commitment to making a difference and being the difference in all of our patient’s lives and their family and friends lives. Thank you!