If pain is interfering with your wellbeing on a day-to-day basis, you’ll most likely benefit from having a team of health professionals supporting you —and helping you to help yourself. At Frankston Pain Management, our pain experts can work together to provide you with the right combination of tailored exercise, psychological therapy, practical advice and medication to reduce your disability, enhance your mood, improve your fitness and start living better.
Before your first consultation
Whole Person Pain Read more
Understanding Pain and Helping Yourself in 5 minutes Play (05: 00)
Understanding Chronic Pain Play (8:54)
Why Things Hurt Play (14:32)
The Mystery of Chronic Pain Play (8:30)
The Conversation Go to link
What is self management? Play (4:06)
Cancer Related Fatigue Play (9:47)
Coping with Persistent Pain Read more
Pain Toolkit Australia Booklet Read more
Pain Toolkit (DVD snippet) Play (2:00)
Pacing Brochure Read more
90:10 The best thing you can do for your stress Play (11:00)
Pain Self-help & Relaxation Exercises Read more
Transcendental Meditation Play (11:06)
Online Self Help Programs Brochure Read more
eClinic Online Pain Course Go to link
Pain Management for Everyone Go to link
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Getting a Good Night's Sleep Read more
Sleeping with Pain Play (4:44)
Interrupted Sleep Play (8:02)
Sleeping Well Go to link
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Best Treatment for Insomnia Play (2:07)
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Understanding Ergonomics at Work Read more
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The best thing you can do to quit smoking Play (12:47)
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Understanding Pain: Brainman Chooses Play (2:29)
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10,000 Step Walking Program Brochure Read more
24 hour Fitness - 23 hours and 1/2 hour Play (05:00)
Exercise is Medicine Play (8:23)
Sitting is Deadly Play (05: 00)
Tai Chi for Beginners Play (4:56)
Daily Tai Chi – join in this 8-minute exercise Play (9:05)
Walking to Beat the Grim Reaper Play (1:24)
Fat and Fit Play (6:16)
Recovery Fact Sheet Read more
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Chronic physical illness, anxiety and depression Read more
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Dangers of Polypharmacy Play (9:54)
Topical anti-inflammatories Play
Opioid (strong) analgesics Play (11:36)
Understanding Pain: Brainman stops his Opioids Play (1:46)
Faculty Pain Medicine position on Medicinal Cannabis Read more
We often use nerve blocks to diagnose the cause of pain and to provide pain relief. They’re helpful where pain is coming from a single nerve or a small group of nerves. A nerve block involves injecting the nerves supplying the painful area with local anaesthetic to stop the pain signals being transmitted. A nerve block can help to confirm the source of your pain. Usually it will also provide immediate, short-term relief. A nerve block can also be used to predict whether another longer-lasting treatment, such as neurotomy, is likely to help.
Atlanto-Axial Joint Injection
Coeliac, Splanchnic, Hypogastric and Ganglion Impar Blocks Read more Play (1:48)
Discography Read more
Facet, Costotransverse and Costovertebral Joint Injections
Hip Joint Injections Play (1:49)
Ilio-Inguinal Nerve Block Play (1:16)
Intercostal Nerve Block Read more
Lumbar Sympathetic Block Read more Play (1:59)
Medial Branch (Dorsal Rami) Blocks Read more Play (1:59)
Medication Absorption (Kinetic) Tests Read more
Nerve Block Injections Read more (PDF)
Pump Debug and Myelogram Read more
Occipital Nerve Injection Read more
Rami Communicante Blocks
Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injections Read more Play (1:09)
Selective Nerve Root Injections Read more Play (1:37)
Stellate and T2 Ganglion Blocks Read more Play (2:22)
Suprascapular Nerve Block Read more Play (1:41)
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block Read more
Trigger point injections Read more
Local anaesthetic injections with or without steroid can relieve pain and stiffness, giving you the opportunity to undertake a graded exercise program and get you back on track. People with headache, neck, shoulder, arm, back, leg, knee pain may benefit.
Radiofrequency treatments provide medium duration pain relief. They can help some people with headache, back, neck, shoulder, hip and knee pains.
PENS (peripheral electrical nerve stimulation) is a new day procedure that can be both a test and treatment procedure. It is helping people with back, knee, ankle and other localised pains.
Spinal cord stimulators, peripheral nerve stimulators and spinal drug pumps can provide sustained pain relief and functional improvement in complex pain conditions and a second chance at life.
We can cover most parts of the body with one of these treatments.
Autologous Blood Injections Read more
Caudal Epidural Steroid Injection Read more
Hyaluronic Acid Injection
Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection Read more Play (1:52)
Cervical Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy Read more Play (1:52)
Epidural Adhesiolysis / Neuroplasty Read more Play (1:42)
Epidural Steroid Injection Read more Play (1:34)
Epidural Blood Patch Read more
Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Neurotomy
Lumbar Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy Read more Play (1:48)
Nucleoplasty (Percutaneous Disc Decompression) Read more Play (1:50)
PENS (Peripheral Electrical Nerve Stimulation)
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Read more
Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment Read more
Occipital Nerve Stimulation Read more
Spinal Cord Stimulation Read more Play (2:31)
Spinal (Intrathecal) Drug Pump Read more Play (1:55)
Transcutaneous Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment Read more
Vertebroplasty Read more Play (1:22)
Ultrasound Guided Injection for Shoulder Pain Play (1:16)
Infusions are like injections except they’re given over a longer period of time. Depending on what kind of nerves are carrying the pain signals, an infusion of phentalomine may provide relief.
If you’ve had enough of trying to fight pain on your own, let us help. For all appointments and enquiries contact us on:
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