Santé Québec Montérégie-Centre
Understanding and Managing Your Pain
Fact sheets Focused on Understanding Pain
Types of Pain and Painful Conditions
Joint and musculoskeletal pain
- Arthritis and osteoarthritis (joint wear and inflammation) (French only)
- Musculoskeletal disorders (conditions affecting the muscles, bones, and joints) (French only)
Generalized pain
- Fibromyalgia (condition that causes widespread body pain) (French only)
Nerve (neuropathic) pain
- Neuropathy (condition that affects the body’s nerves) (French only)
- Neuralgia (sharp, stabbing pain in a specific body part) (French only)
- Occipital neuralgia (severe pain at the back of the head) (French only)
Spinal pain
- Lumbar spinal stenosis (lower back pain and leg numbness) (French only)
Medications used in the pain clinic
Fact sheets that explain certain treatments
- Methadone (medication used to treat severe pain)
- Ketamine infusion (medication injected directly into the bloodstream) (French only)
Procedures and treatments offered
Fact sheets that explain the specialized procedures, injections and treatments
Injections and infiltrations
- Epidural steroid injection (medication injected into the lower back)
- Fluoroscopy-guided injection (medication administered under X-ray guidance)
- Lidocaine injection (medication used to numb a body part to relieve pain) (French only)
- Trigger point (myofascial) injection (injection to relax a muscle and relieve pain) (French only)
- Occipital nerve block (injection to reduce inflammation and relieve pain) (French only)
- Facet joint block (injection into the small joints of the spine) (French only)
- Joint injection (injection into a joint) (French only)
Other specialized treatments
- Radiofrequency (technique that uses radio waves to treat pain) (French only)
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for pain relief (small electrical impulses delivered through the skin)
Educational videos