Skip to Main Content

Chronic Upper & Mid Back Pain

Treatments for Chronic Upper & Mid Back Pain

Thoracic medial branch block

A local anesthetic (numbing medicine) is injected near your medial branch nerve, which stops the transmission of pain signals from the facet joint.

Thoracic radio frequency ablation (RFA)

Radio frequency energy is used to disrupt nerve function and stop the transmission of pain from an injured facet joint.

Thoracic facet injection

An anesthetic and steroid are injected into one or more of your thoracic facet joints.