This outpatient procedure numbs the ankle and foot with an injection of local anesthesia. Typically, it is used for surgery on the foot. The block requires a series of injections that will numb up to five nerves in the ankle.

This is an injection of anesthetic. It numbs your arm and hand. It can prepare you for surgery and control your pain after surgery.

This is an injection of anesthetic. It numbs the nerves of the brachial plexus. These nerves travel from your spine to your arm. This injection can prepare you for surgery. It can help control your pain after surgery. It can also help manage chronic pain.

This is an injection of anesthetic. It numbs the nerves of the brachial plexus. These nerves travel from your spine to your arm. This injection can prepare you for surgery. It can help control your pain after surgery. It can also help manage chronic pain.

This is an injection of anesthetic. It numbs the nerves of the brachial plexus. These nerves travel from your spine to your arm. This injection can prepare you for surgery. It can help control your pain after surgery. It can also help manage chronic pain.

This is an injection of anesthetic. It numbs the nerves of the brachial plexus. These nerves travel from your spine to your arm. This injection can prepare you for surgery. It can help control your pain after surgery. It can also help manage chronic pain.

This surgery relieves pressure on the median nerve in your wrist. It treats the pain of carpal tunnel syndrome.

This surgical procedure treats the pain of carpal tunnel syndrome. It relieves pressure on a nerve that travels through your wrist. This nerve is called the "median" nerve.

We can treat the pain of carpel tunnel syndrome by taking pressure off the median nerve. That's a nerve that travels through your wrist.

This scan lets doctors see inside your body by taking x-ray images from many angles. These are combined to show clear cross-section slices of parts of your body. A CT scan shows much more than a typical x-ray. It can show cancer and other problems.

This surgery treats cubital tunnel syndrome. That's a compression or irritation of the ulnar nerve at the elbow. During this surgery, the nerve is given more room.

This microsurgical procedure is used to reconnect the severed ends of a nerve in the hand to allow the nerve to heal and to reduce the possibility that a neuroma will form. Nerve repair can help restore sensation and muscle function, however, in many cases normal sensation and function is not fully restored.

This is a test of your muscles and nerves. It usually has two parts. One is a nerve conduction study. This measures how well electricity moves through your nerves. The second part is a needle electromyogram. It records the electrical signals your muscles make when you move them. The results can help your doctor find problems linked to certain disorders or conditions.

This surgery is performed to relieve pressure on the median nerve, alleviating numbness and tingling in the fingers. The endoscopic carpal tunnel technique is performed on an outpatient basis. The endoscopic approach creates less pain and scarring than traditional open surgery, allowing for a quicker recovery.

This is a way to stop pain during and after surgery on your hip or knee. It turns off pain signals for hours. With this block, you'll need less pain medication as you heal. Here are two ways to medicate the nerve in your hip area.

If you're having surgery on your leg, you may be given a femoral nerve block. It's an injection that numbs the upper part of your leg. It can be used to block pain before and after surgery.

This surgery uses an expandable implant, called a "cage," to join two vertebrae in your spine. We call this a "fusion." A fusion can relieve the pain of spinal injury or disease. Here's how it works.

This is an injection of anesthetic into a network of nerves called the brachial plexus. The injection numbs your shoulder and arm. It can block the pain of shoulder surgery.

This is a way to monitor your nerves during surgery. It gives your surgical team real-time feedback. It helps keep your nerves safe during your procedure. Here's how it works.

You've been diagnosed with ALS. It's not a diagnosis you ever wanted to hear. It's not something you ever expected to deal with. Well, you'll face some new challenges on the road ahead, but there are healthy ways to cope with ALS. Here are some strategies to help you.

If you're dealing with CRPS, you know how frustrating it can be. You hurt, and you don't know why. You feel like you should have healed by now, and no one can tell you why you aren't getting better. Although there's no cure for CRPS, there are things you can do to get some relief.

If you've been diagnosed with osteoarthritis, you may need to make some changes in your lifestyle. But you can still do many of the things you enjoy. You just have to take steps to manage your condition.

When you have osteoarthritis of the hip, sometimes it's hard to be as active as you like. But you can still do many of the things you enjoy. You just have to know how to manage your condition.

If you've been dealing with lasting effects of Lyme disease, you know how painful and frustrating it can be. It can take a long time to identify your problem, and many people don't understand what you are going through. But with the right approach, you can manage this syndrome. Here are some things you should think about.

This scan lets doctors see inside your body without using radiation. Instead, MRIs use magnets and radio waves. An MRI shows clear views of your soft tissues. It can show cancer and other problems.

This noninvasive, outpatient exam is used to measure how quickly nerves conduct electrical signals through the body. NCS is a valuable technique for diagnosing nerve damage. If damage exists, NCS can help a physician find its source.

This scan lets doctors see inside your body. A PET scan is different from an MRI or a CT scan, because it shows how your organs and systems are working. It can give doctors a clear view of some types of cancer cells, which show up brightly on a PET scan. It can also help doctors diagnose other disorders throughout your body.

This is a pain-blocking injection given behind your knee. We use it to block the pain of surgery on your lower leg, ankle and foot.

This outpatient procedure numbs the hand with an injection of local anesthetic. Typically, it is used for surgery on the hand or fingers.

This surgery treats radial tunnel syndrome. That's a compression of the radial nerve. During this surgery, the nerve is given more room.

This outpatient procedure is used to treat pain and discomfort from arthritis, bursitis or impingement of the suprascapular nerve in the shoulder joint. The suprascapular nerve is a major motor nerve that serves the muscles of the shoulder.

This surgery relieves pressure on the ulnar nerve at the elbow. It moves the nerve to keep it from being compressed by the medial epicondyle (a bony bump on the inner side of your elbow).