Pain

The pain medicine evaluation and treatment program brings experts in anesthesia, addiction, pain medicine, neurosurgery, family and internal medicine and acupuncture together in one place to offer comprehensive evaluation, treatment planning and care for patients with chronic, disabling pain that requires intensive rehabilitation. Our interdisciplinary team, led by physicians including Gary Reisfield, M.D., a board-certified physician in anesthesia, pain and palliative and addiction medicine, develops individual treatment plans for each patient.

Chronic pain affects all aspects of a person’s life. We care for the whole person, not just a single organ system. Our goal is to help patients restore function, engage in productive activities and improve their quality of life.

Our pain experts specialize in pain that is not getting better despite previous treatment - pain that is complicated by other medical, neurological or psychiatric disease. They address pain medicine addiction and/or fear of addiction with the goal of restoring health, function and quality of life.

University of Florida Pain Medicine experts also utilize the latest technology in pain procedures, including the SonoSite, a new-state-of-the-art ultrasound device that allows for accuracy in placing solutions which increases efficacy. It also shows the actual spread of the solution making sure it reaches the affected area, and allows you to avoid injecting solutions into areas and structures that could potentially be harmful. A wide variety of procedures are available when indicated including epidurals, caudals, sacroiliac joint injections, Piriformis injections, trigger points, intraarticular joint injections, soft tissue injections, occipital nerve and other peripheral nerve blocks.

For more information about UF&Shands Pain Medicine at Springhill, please call 352.265.PAIN(7246.)