Marina Isakova

Marina Isakova, MD, treats many types of painful conditions. Many of these conditions can’t be cured, but the pain and other symptoms can be managed, enabling you to lead a mostly normal life. Other conditions she treats are temporary, such as if you’ve had intensive surgery, and the recovery may take months. As a pain management specialist, Dr. Isakova helps you get through the recovery period.

Your pain may have originated from an accident, sports injury, surgery, nerve damage, or metabolic issue. Your condition may produce stabbing acute or consistent dull pain. You may be experiencing chronic pain or pain from cancer, which changes from inflammatory to neuropathic. Everyone has a different sensitivity to pain, and Dr. Isakova adjusts her treatments accordingly.

Pain Management Procedures

Some common procedures Dr. Isakova performs to reduce or eliminate your pain include:

• Nerve root blocks
• Sacroiliac joint injections
• Percutaneous discectomy
• Epidural injections
• Radiofrequency ablations
• Cryoneurolysis
• Stem cell therapy
• Intradiscal procedures

Most of these procedures work by blocking the nerves from sending pain signals to your brain. Dr. Isakova also administers pain-relieving opioids, when necessary, but she always looks for alternatives. She sometimes relies on other treatment methods, such as:

• Spinal injections
• Exercise plans
• Over-the-counter and prescription medications
• TENS units