Pain Medicine Clinic

Pain Medicine Clinic is a pain control clinic in Ames, IA, located within Mary Greeley Medical Center at 1111 Duff Ave. It operates as part of the McFarland Clinic network, which has served Iowa communities since 1946 and is described as the state's largest physician-owned multi-specialty clinic. The clinic focuses on treating and managing pain using current medications and techniques, with goals that include minimizing or eliminating pain, increasing physical activity, reducing unsafe medication usage, and promoting wellness. Most patients are treated on an outpatient basis, and the pain physicians often serve as the primary treating physician while also consulting with other doctors. The team includes physicians and nurses who specialize in pain medicine and evaluate a wide variety of chronic problems.

The clinic offers a specific range of services for conditions such as low-back and thoracic pain, neck and arm pain, phantom limb pain, work-related injuries, nerve entrapment, ischemic and vascular pain, cancer pain, neuralgia, muscular and myofascial pain, fibromyalgia, acute shingles, post-herpetic neuralgia, and reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Common procedures include nerve blocks, epidural steroid injections, and trigger point injections. The clinic is located in the Mary Greeley Medical Center building, which is about 0.1 miles from the Bliss Cancer Center and the Medical Arts Building. Old Town Park is approximately 0.2 miles away. The clinic is open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm.

Pain Medicine Clinic holds a rating of 3.60 based on 7 reviews. It is situated in a medical district in Ames, providing specialized pain management care within the broader McFarland Clinic system that serves 11 Iowa communities with more than 280 providers.

Services:

• Advanced medical directives
• Chronic pain treatment
• Elimination of unsafe medication usage
• Pain management consultations
• Physical activity enhancement