Redding Anesthesia Associates Medical Group
Therapeutic Pain Management Medical Clinic

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Therapeutic Pain Management Medical Clinic
1335 Buenaventura Blvd, Suite 100, Redding, CA 96001
(click on the address above for a map)

Tel: (530) 24-7-P-A-I-N (247-7246)
FAX: (530) 245-0849
Email: mail@TPMclinic.com

• We provide for chronic and acute pain patients:
  
  •Consultation
  •Evaluation
  •Management
  •Therapeutic Nerve Blocks
  •Diagnostic Nerve Blocks
  •Interventions
   

• Our Treatment Philosophy:

•Improve Quality of Life and functionality is the main goal, not just pain reduction only
•Treatment algorithm based upon Evidence Based Medicine for majority of our patients
•Responsible and appropriate opioid use for managing pain
•Respect and care for all patients
•Offer most options available for treatment, not just injections only
•New patients always evaluated by an MD

• Examples of Clinical Condition referred to Therapeutic Pain Management (TPM) :
  
  •Back Pain, Neck Pain, Limb Pain, Non Migraine Headaches
  •Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Sympathetic Maintained Pain / Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
  •Acute Herpetic Neuralgia and Post Herpetic Neuralgia
  •Trigeminal Neuralgia
  •Post Thoracotomy Pain Syndromes
  •Post Laminectomy Pain Syndromes
  •Facet and Sacroiliac Joints generated Pain
  •Craniofacial Pain & atypical Headaches
  •Cancer Pain
  •Abdominal Pain
  •Post-Operative Pain
  •Groin Pain
  •Spasticity Disorders, such as MS, CP, Stroke
   
• Examples of Interventions performed by Therapeutic Pain Management (TPM) :
  
  •Epidural Steroid Blocks: Lumbar, Thoracic, Cervical & Caudal
  •Stellate Ganglion Blocks
  •Brachial Plexus Blocks
  •Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks
  •Facet Joint Blocks
  •Sacroiliac Joint Injections
  •Selective Nerve Root Blocks
  •Peripheral Nerve Blocks (e.g. Femoral, Ilio-Inguinal, Genito-Femoral etc)
  •Intravenous Regional Sympathetic Blocks
  •Trigger Point Injections
  •Intrathecal and Epidural Narcotic & Baclofen Infusions
  •Neurolytic Blocks
  •Dorsal Column Spinal Cord Stimulators (SCS)
  •Radio Frequency Ablations (RFLG)
  •Discograms & IDETs
  •Pars-Defect Injections
  •Medial Branch Blocks for Facets 
  •Cancer pain management
  
   

• FAQs: (Click on the topic of your choice for details)

Epidural Steroid Injection Audio / Visual
Facet Joint Injection
Sacro-Iliac Joint Injection
Epidurolysis (Racz Procedure)
Radio Frequency Lesioning(RFLG)
Stellate Ganglion Block  Audio / Visual
Dorsal Column Stimulator
Intrathecal Morphine Pump
Lumbar Sympathetic Block
Corticosteroids (Steroids)
Narcotics & Constipation
IntraDiscal ElectroThermal Therapy (IDET)
Discography (Discogram)
Medial Branch Blocks for Facets 
 

• Healthy Living - by Dr. Hansen: (Click on the topic of your choice for details)

Diet, Exercise, Habits and Pain
Nutritional Program
Osteoporosis
Sleep Tips for Natural Sleep
 

• Professional Staff:
  
  Shishir A. Dhruva, MD: Medical Director
  Board Certified in Anesthesiology
  Fellowship Trained in Pain Management
  In practice since 1987

  Robert M. Hansen, MD
  Board Certified in Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine
  In practice since 1987
  
  Pervez T. Iranpur, MD
  Board Certified in Anesthesiology, Pain Management Certificate
  Fellowship Trained in Pain Management
  In practice since 2000

  James Wallace, PA-C (Physician’s Assistant)
  Christopher Hancock, NP, MSN (Nurse Practitioner)

***Patients are accepted by referral only***
TPM has treated over 12,000 patients since 1997

TPM Procedure Room and Recovery Room - Right in our office!
We offer privacy, convenience, comfort and efficiency 
 

•  New patient questionnaire Download: Click Here (This will download a PDF file on your PC. Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
   

• Patient Web Portal: Click Here
   

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Last Updated: Saturday, November 19, 2011