Minimally invasive, image-guided procedures that treat the source of your pain — not just mask it. Performed as day-care treatments at Apollo Hospital, Kondapur.
Clinical Precision
Interventional pain management uses precise, image-guided procedures to diagnose and treat the exact nerve, joint or disc generating your pain. Instead of managing symptoms indefinitely with painkillers — or moving straight to major surgery — an interventional pain specialist identifies the pain generator and treats it directly.
Every procedure at our pain clinic in Hyderabad is performed under ultrasound or C-arm fluoroscopic guidance, under local anaesthesia, as a day-care treatment. Most take 20–45 minutes and patients walk out the same day. Recovery is measured in days rather than the weeks or months associated with open surgery.
“Dr. P. Purohithi (MBBS, MD, IDRA, FIPM) performs the full range of interventional and regenerative pain procedures listed below. Which one is right for you depends entirely on your diagnosis — that is decided after examination and imaging review, never over the phone.”
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy uses growth factors concentrated from your own blood to support repair in damaged cartilage, tendons and ligaments. It is a genuinely regenerative pain treatment rather than a purely symptomatic one, and is particularly effective in early to moderate osteoarthritis, tendon injuries and plantar fasciitis. A typical course involves 1–3 sessions spaced 3–4 weeks apart.
Nerve Blocks & Injection Therapy — Targeted injections of local anaesthetic and anti-inflammatory medication placed precisely at the nerve, joint or epidural space causing your pain. They are both diagnostic (confirming the pain source) and therapeutic (providing relief).
For sciatica, slipped disc and radiating leg pain from lumbar disc prolapse.
Explore TreatmentFor lower back and leg pain, particularly in spinal stenosis and post-surgical back pain.
Explore TreatmentFor rib-region chest wall pain, post-herpetic neuralgia and post-thoracotomy pain.
Explore TreatmentFor facet joint arthritis — diagnostic step before radiofrequency ablation.
Explore TreatmentTargeted blocks for peripheral and neuropathic pain conditions.
Explore TreatmentFor coccydynia (tailbone pain) and chronic perineal pain.
Explore TreatmentFor chronic pelvic pain and pelvic cancer pain.
Explore TreatmentFor knee osteoarthritis pain — a key alternative to knee replacement surgery.
Explore TreatmentFor SI joint dysfunction causing buttock and lower back pain.
Explore TreatmentFor CRPS, upper limb neuropathic pain and certain circulatory conditions.
Explore TreatmentUses controlled radiofrequency energy to interrupt pain signals from specific nerves. Commonly used for facet joint back pain, neck pain and knee osteoarthritis. Relief typically lasts 6 months to 2 years.
Direct injection into the small stabilising joints of the spine, for facet-mediated back and neck pain.
Therapeutic botulinum toxin for chronic migraine, cervical dystonia and myofascial pain syndrome
You are likely a good candidate if: your pain has lasted more than 6 weeks; painkillers and physiotherapy have not resolved it; the pain radiates into an arm or leg; imaging shows disc, facet or joint pathology; you have been advised surgery and want to explore alternatives first; or you cannot undergo surgery due to age or medical conditions.
You may not be suitable if: you have an active infection, an uncontrolled bleeding disorder, or a structural problem such as significant instability or severe cord compression that genuinely requires surgical correction. In those cases you will be told so directly and referred appropriately.
Yes. All procedures are performed under ultrasound or C-arm guidance with local anaesthesia in a sterile hospital setting, which makes complications uncommon. Your medical history and medications are reviewed in full before any procedure is scheduled.
Local anaesthetic often provides relief within hours. The steroid or regenerative component typically takes effect over 3–14 days, with PRP results developing over 4–6 weeks.
No. Nearly all procedures are day-care — you arrive, undergo the procedure, are observed briefly, and go home the same day.
In many cases, yes. A large proportion of patients referred for spine or knee surgery achieve meaningful, lasting relief with interventional pain management. Where surgery is genuinely necessary, you will be told honestly.
This depends on your diagnosis. A single nerve block may be sufficient; radiofrequency ablation is usually one session lasting 6 months to 2 years; PRP typically requires 1–3 sessions.
