To contact us with questions or to make an appointment, please
call 651-241-7246
Fax: 651-241-7272

Related links

• Neurorestoration Center
• Sister Kenny® Rehabilitation Institute
• United Neurosurgery Associates
• Spinal Stimulation
• Education on pain

A program of:

• Neuroscience

A chronic pain treatment clinic

United Pain Center is a hospital-based outpatient clinic that provides comprehensive services using a multidisciplinary approach for individuals experiencing chronic pain.

Members of the treatment team include anesthesiologists, physicians specializing in pain management, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, psychologist, biofeedback therapist, acupuncturist, social worker and registered nurses. The staff team works together with patients to reduce their pain and improve the level at which they function.

United Pain Center is the only program in the state of Minnesota to be accredited by the American Academy of Pain Management. Accreditation signifies that United Pain Center has been surveyed and found to meet published quality standards. These standards, which were developed by recognized leaders in the field of pain management, require meaningful commitment to high levels of quality and concern for the patient as an individual coping with pain.

Our pain management services include biofeedback.

To contact us with questions or to make an appointment, please
call 651-241-7246
Fax: 651-241-7272

Health library

• Pain management
• Complementary and alternative medicine

Related services

• Neurorestoration Center
• Sister Kenny® Rehabilitation Institute
• United Neurosurgery Associates
• Spinal Stimulation

Pain management services

• diagnostic and therapeutic injections, such as nerve blocks and epidural steroid injections
• consultative evaluation
• medication management
• biofeedback ?
• psychological assessment and support
• acupuncture ?
• inpatient pain management

Common types of pain problems treated

• spine care
• myofascial pain ?
• neuropathic pain ?
• shingles pain ?
• headache ?
• complex regional pain syndrome (RSD) ?
• cancer pain ?
• complex chronic pain problems ?

Biofeedback

Biofeedback is a method used to measure and report biological information about a person so he or she can consciously control normally unconscious body functions.

Learn more about biofeedback in our health library.

Myofascial pain

Myofascial pain, also know as fibromyalgia, is a common condition characterized by long-term, body-wide pain and tender points in joints, muscles, tendons, and other soft tissues.

Learn more about fibromyalgia in our health library.

Neuropathic pain

Peripheral neuropathy describes damage to the peripheral nervous system, the vast communications network that transmits information from the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system) to every other part of the body.

Learn more about peripheral neuropathy in our health library or at ninds.nih.gov.

Shingles pain

Shingles (herpes zoster) is a painful, blistering skin rash due to the varicella-zoster virus, the virus that causes chickenpox.

Learn more about shingles in our health library.

Complex regional pain syndrome or RSD (Reflex sympatetic dystrophy)

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), also known as RSD, is a chronic pain condition. The key symptom of CRPS is continuous, intense pain out of proportion to the severity of the injury, which gets worse rather than better over time.

Learn more about complex regional pain syndrome in our health library or at ninds.nih.gov.

Headache

A headache is pain or discomfort in the head. There are different kinds of headaches.

Learn more about headaches in our health library.

Cancer pain

Cancer pain is an unpleasant feeling and emotional experience related to cancer.

Learn more about managing cancer pain without medicine (non-pharmacological) and with medicine (pharmacological) in our health library.

Chronic pain

Chronic pain is pain that persists or grows worse over a long period of time.

Learn about chronic pain management in our health library.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is part of an ancient medical system called traditional Chinese medicine.

An acupuncturist, a person who has special training, gently inserts fine, sterile acupuncture needles through your skin to help promote health and treat illness or pain.

Learn more about acupuncture in our health library.

Procedure patient instructions

• Arrival time: 15 minutes prior to your appointment(s) for check-in and registration.
• If having IV with your procedure, arrive 30 minutes prior to your appointment(s).
• If you arrive after your scheduled appointment time, you may be asked to reschedule.
• No solid food six hours before procedure, you may have clear liquids up to 3 hours before procedure, unless otherwise directed by your provider.
• Any questions regarding your medication discuss with your prescribing physician for recommendations.
• Please inform us if you are diabetic.
• You may take your heart, blood pressure and pain medications as prescribed with a small sip of water the morning of your procedure and bring these medications to the appointment.
• You will NEED A DRIVER after discharge.

Blood thinning medication instructions

If you take blood-thinning medication you must check with your prescribing physician about going off them prior to your appointment.

To do spine injections safely it is advised you be off blood thinning medication for a certain number of days: Plavix 7 days prior, Coumadin 5-6 days prior, Lovenox 1-2 days prior.

If taking aspirin >325mg (for cervical epidural injections only) stop taking 7 days prior to procedure

Please check with your primary/prescribing physician or cardiologist.

If you have had a recent cardiac stent placement you may not be able to stop blood thinners.