Pain Management Information
Semmes Murphey Clinic Interventional Pain Management provides interventional pain management at Semmes Murphey Clinic’s main campus in Memphis. Semmes Murphey’s interventional pain physicians develop treatment approaches that help patients get better rather than just covering up symptoms. Physicians include Phillip E. Green, MD.
Interventional Pain Treatments and Procedures
Treatment approaches can include physical therapy, medication, nerve blocks, injections and spinal cord stimulation. Once the source of pain is determined, the team works with each patient to develop the right treatment option. Semmes Murphey’s doctors specialize in neurosurgery, neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, interventional pain and neuropsychology.
Treatments & Procedures Offered
- Epidural Pain Blocks: Epidural injections for spine-related pain.
- Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection / Selective Nerve Root Block: Targeted injections near a specific spinal nerve root.
- Radiofrequency Ablation: Treatment that interrupts pain signals from targeted nerves.
- Sacroiliac Joint Injection: Injection into the sacroiliac joint.
- Genicular, Occipital and Lumbar Sympathetic Injections: Nerve injections for knee pain, head pain and sympathetically mediated pain.
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion and Stellate Ganglion Blocks: Nerve blocks offered by the interventional pain team.
- Spinal Cord Stimulation: Neuromodulation for chronic pain.
- Trigger Point Injections and Blood Patch: Trigger point injections and epidural blood patch.
Conditions Treated
Arm pain and numbness, back pain, degenerative disc disease, facet arthritis, leg pain, neck pain, numbness, osteoarthritis, restless leg syndrome, spinal stenosis and weakness.
Medical Team & Main Campus Location
- Lead Physician: Phillip E. Green, MD (Board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Pain Medicine)
- Other interventional pain physicians include: Leland Berkwits, MD
- Main Campus Office: 6325 Humphreys Blvd, Memphis, TN 38120
- Email: smc-info@semmes-murphey.com
- Phone: (901) 522-7700
- Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
- Website: semmes-murphey.com/pain-management
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What does interventional pain management include at Semmes Murphey?
Treatment approaches can include physical therapy, medication, nerve blocks, injections and spinal cord stimulation.
What conditions are treated?
Arm pain and numbness, back pain, degenerative disc disease, facet arthritis, leg pain, neck pain, osteoarthritis, restless leg syndrome and more.
Who sees patients here?
Physicians include Dr. Phillip Green, MD.
Where is the main campus?
At 6325 Humphreys Blvd, Memphis, TN 38120. Call (901) 522-7700.
