Ultrasound Guided Therapeutic Nerve Blocks

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DOI: 10.23880/crij-16000232

Volume 9, Issue 2

Abstract

It has long been observed that a simple suprascapular nerve block has a benefit for a variety of shoulder pain conditions. Similarly, a greater occipital nerve block can provide relief to cervicogenic headache and median branch nerve block relieves facet joint pain. It a simple extension of this idea that nerve blocks can be used at other sites to gain pain relief for a variety of chronic painful soft tissue conditions. When patients present with such painful soft tissue problems, commencing a procedure with a nerve block, will make the injection procedure less painful and will have a longer-term additional benefit in pain relief.

Keywords: Ultrasound; Therapeutic Nerve Blocks; Image

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