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01Treatments

Chosen for a reason you can repeat.

No procedure here is offered as a package or a course booked in advance. Each is matched to a diagnosis, each page states what it can realistically achieve, and each states its risks in the same plain language as its benefits.

How treatment is decided

  1. 01Assess — the source of the pain is identified
  2. 02Confirm — a diagnostic block where the source is uncertain
  3. 03Treat — the option matched to that finding
  4. 04Rehabilitate — inside the window the treatment opens

02Image-guided injections

Image-guided injections

Injections are performed under live imaging. Precision is not a refinement here — an injection in the wrong place is not a smaller version of the treatment, it is a different one.

01

Epidural & nerve root injections

Targeted anti-inflammatory injection around an irritated nerve root in the spine.

Time in clinic
About 2 hours, procedure 15–20 minutes
Anaesthetic
Local; sedation available if needed
02

Facet joint & medial branch blocks

A diagnostic and therapeutic block of the small joints at the back of the spine.

Time in clinic
About 90 minutes, procedure 10–15 minutes
Anaesthetic
Local

03Ablation & neuromodulation

Ablation & neuromodulation

01

Radiofrequency neurotomy

Heat applied to the small nerves carrying joint pain, for relief measured in months.

Time in clinic
About 2 hours, procedure 30–45 minutes
Prerequisite
A positive diagnostic block
02

Spinal cord stimulation

An implanted device that modifies pain signalling, trialled fully before anything is permanent.

Trial first
Always — around 7 days with a temporary lead
Threshold to proceed
Meaningful improvement in pain and function

04Infusions & medication

Infusions & medication

01

Ketamine & lidocaine infusions

Supervised intravenous infusions used selectively for resistant nerve pain.

Setting
Supervised, with continuous monitoring
Duration
Typically 1–4 hours plus recovery

05Rehabilitation & psychology

Rehabilitation & psychology

01

Physiotherapy & graded exercise

The supervised loading programme that turns short-term relief into lasting change.

Programme length
Usually 6–12 weeks
Starting point
Below your current limit, deliberately
02

Pain psychology

Practical, skills-based work on sleep, pacing and the fear-avoidance cycle.

Format
Individual sessions, typically 6–8
Focus
Skills and strategies, not open-ended talking

06A–Z

Every treatment, alphabetically

On costs

No procedure is booked before its cost is confirmed with you in writing. Published ranges, what cover usually applies, and the cancellation policy are all on the fees and cover page.

07Begin

Ask which of these applies

Suitability is decided after an assessment. Tell us what you have already tried and we will be straight with you about what is likely to help.

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Visit

Level 2, 48 Macquarie StreetSydney, NSW 2000

Reach

+61 2 8000 0000
care@australiapainmanagement.com.au

Response

Enquiries are answered within one to two business days. Urgent clinical matters are triaged the same day by the practice team.