At the Pain Management Program of Wheaton Franciscan – St. Joseph, we are committed to helping you reduce or eliminate pain so that you can restore your quality of life.


Our specialized team of experts will perform a comprehensive evaluation and work with you to find the right combination of traditional and complementary medicine, using a multi-disciplinary (medical, physical and psychological) approach. We also offer an extensive range of state-of-the-art procedures to help you find relief from a variety of painful conditions.


A professional staff including anesthesiologists, physiatrists, nurses, medical assistants, behavioral psychologists, and physical therapists will work together to create a pain management plan tailored to your unique needs.


Common conditions
The Pain Management Program of Wheaton Franciscan – St. Joseph Campus treats a variety of conditions including, but not limited to:

• Abdominal, back and neck pain
• Arthritis
• Chest wall pain
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• Headaches
• Myofascial pain
• Pelvic pain
• Spinal disc problems
• Sports injuries
• Work injuries

Wheaton Franciscan – St. Joseph Campus pain management services include, but are not limited to:

• Behavioral health
• Cervical and lumbar radiofrequency lesioning – ablation procedures which “interrupt” the pain impulses of targeted nerves.
• Alternative therapy treatments, such as biofeedback, acupuncture, and relaxation
• Discography–cervical, thoracic, lumbar: a type of CT test to determine location of pain in these parts of the body.
• Drug therapy
• Epidural lysis of adhesions: a procedure which removes scar tissue from locations in or around the spine.
• Epidural steroid injections:
• Facet and medial branch blocks: injection of anesthesia and steroids in the spine (fact block) or near the spine (medial branch) in patients with back pain caused by arthritis in the factet joints or or mechanical low back pain.
• Intra-Discal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET): used to treat low back or spine pain, an electrothermal catheter is placed fluroscopically near the inflamed disc. Heat is delivered through the catheter to the impacted area – which blocks pain receptors and alters composition of fibers causing pain.
• Intrathecal pumps: delivers small doses of medication into spinal fluid
• Joint injections–hip, knee, shoulder, sacroiliac
• Lumbar decompressor and laser disk decompression: minimally invasive procedures for treating herniated lumbar disks
• Lumbar nucleoplasty: procedure that may be used to address disk degeneration or rupture
• Medical management
• Nerve stimulation
• Non-surgical ligament reconstruction
• Percutaneous Lumbar Laser Discectomy: minimally invasive procedure to shrink and remove a herniated disk
• Physical and occupational therapy

Wheaton Franciscan – St. Joseph Campus
5000 W. Chambers
Milwaukee, WI 53210

For more information

• To schedule an appointment, please call (414) 259-7400
• For additional information about our program, please call (414) 259-7246
• Find a pain medicine or physical medicine specialist who practices at Wheaton Franciscan – St. Joseph Campus.
• Learn more about pain in our Health Library.