Advanced Spine
Care in Los Angeles
Living with pain can be overwhelming, discouraging, and debilitating. It can change how you work, sleep, move, exercise, travel, care for your family, and feel like yourself. At Villanueva Institute of Pain and Spine (VIPS), we take the time to understand where your pain is coming from, what it has taken from your life, and which treatment options can help you move forward with more confidence and control over your day-to-day life.
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Villanueva Institute of Pain and Spine
Personalized Care Begins With Understanding
At Villanueva Institute of Pain and Spine, we believe meaningful pain care begins with listening. Many patients come to my Burbank practice after months or years of feeling dismissed, rushed, or passed from one provider to another without a clear explanation. We want your visit to feel different from the start.
We review your history, imaging, prior treatments, symptoms, and goals before recommending a plan. As a double board-certified physician in PM&R and interventional pain management, I look at pain through both a functional and procedural lens. We want to know where you hurt, but also how pain affects your movement, independence, sleep, work, and quality of life.
Pain shouldn't be the
main character of your story
What is Pain Management?
Pain management is a medical specialty focused on finding the source of pain and treating it in a way that supports better function, mobility, and quality of life.
At VIPS, pain management may include evaluation of back pain, neck pain, joint pain, nerve pain, headaches, arthritis, sciatica, spinal stenosis, herniated discs, peripheral neuropathy, CRPS, fibromyalgia, pain after surgery, and other complex pain conditions. Depending on your diagnosis, your care may involve medication management, physical therapy planning, EMG/NCS testing, image-guided injections, nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablation, regenerative treatments, minimally invasive spine procedures, or advanced options such as spinal cord stimulation.
Our Pain Relief and Regenerative Therapies in Los Angeles
Epidural Steroid Injections
Targeted Relief for Irritated Spinal Nerves
Epidural steroid injections may help reduce inflammation around irritated spinal nerves in the neck or low back that cause conditions such as sciatica, herniated discs, spinal stenosis, foraminal narrowing, or radiculopathy.
Medial branch block injection/Facet joint injection
Finding and Treating Facet Joint Pain
Medial branch blocks and facet joint injections help evaluate whether the small joints in the spine are contributing to neck or back pain. If diagnostic blocks provide strong temporary relief, radiofrequency ablation may be discussed as a longer-lasting option for selected patients.
Headache Injections
Care for Migraine, Occipital Nerve Pain, and Neck-Related Headaches
Headache injections may help when migraine, occipital neuralgia, muscle tension, or cervical spine pain is part of the headache pattern. Treatment may include Botox for chronic migraine, occipital nerve blocks, SPG blocks, trigger point injections, or neck-focused pain care when appropriate.
PRP & Regenerative Medicine
Orthobiologic Options for Joint, Tendon, and Soft Tissue Pain
PRP and regenerative medicine use blood-derived orthobiologic treatments to support selected joint, tendon, ligament, soft tissue, and degenerative pain conditions. We discuss these options carefully, with clear expectations about what regenerative medicine can and cannot do.
Nerve Block Injections
Focused Treatment for Specific Nerve Pathways
Nerve block injections may help when pain appears to travel through a specific nerve or nerve bundle. At VIPS, we use nerve blocks for selected pain patterns involving the spine, pelvis, abdomen, tailbone, CRPS, post-surgical pain, and other nerve-related conditions.
Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)
Advanced Care for Chronic Nerve Pain
Spinal cord stimulation may be considered for certain patients with chronic nerve pain that has not improved enough with medication, therapy, injections, or prior surgery. Patients begin with a temporary trial so we can evaluate whether stimulation provides meaningful relief before discussing a permanent implant.
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