Chronic pain doesn’t have to control your day — there are medical options. Detroit Medical Center is dedicated to and focused on the diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with chronic pain, including pain from cancer and cancer-related treatments. We are committed to helping you regain any loss of mobility, with the ultimate goal to improve your quality of life.

We coordinate the efforts of a multidisciplinary team, all of whom have extensive pain management training. Your team will work with you to develop a treatment plan that is designed around your needs and goals and focuses on quality, individualized care.

You will need a physician referral to begin treatment. To schedule an appointment, call 1-888-DMC-2500.

We specialize in treatment for:

• Back and neck pain
• Pain associated with injuries and accidents
• Failed back syndrome
• Facial and headache pain
• Radiculopathy/sciatica
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
• Cancer pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Extremity pain
• Neuropathies
• Nitrous Oxide (*currently only available at the Harris Women's Center at Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital) provides comfort during labor by reducing anxiety and some pain relief during contractions.

Advanced treatment options include: 

• Patient evaluation and management
• Medical management of underlying pain etiology
• Therapeutic and diagnostic nerve blocks, including sedation and a fluoroscopic procedure room
• Radiofrequency ablation – rhizotomy
• Pharmacological management
• Implanted intraspinal drug infusion pumps
• Implanted spinal cord stimulators
• Patient education
• Percutaneous disc decompression
• Acupuncture