Pain Management

Finding Relief: Your Journey to a Pain-Free Life Starts Here

We understand that living with chronic pain can significantly impact your life, making everyday activities a struggle. At C3, we believe that you don’t have to endure this discomfort. Our dedicated team of experts in interventional radiology offers advanced and minimally invasive treatments to target the source of your pain and help you regain control of your life. We’re here to listen, understand your unique situation, and guide you towards effective and lasting relief.

Understanding Interventional Radiology for Pain Management

Interventional radiology uses medical imaging guidance (like X-rays, ultrasound, CT scans, and MRI) to precisely deliver targeted treatments. This means we can address your pain at its origin, often without the need for traditional open surgery. Our procedures are typically minimally invasive, involving small incisions and leading to:

  • Reduced pain and discomfort
  • Shorter recovery times
  • Less scarring
  • The ability to return to your daily activities sooner

Comprehensive Pain Management for Various Conditions

We offer a wide range of interventional radiology treatments tailored to address various types of pain. Here’s how we can help with some common conditions:

Knee Pain

Whether your knee pain is due to osteoarthritis, injury, or other conditions, we offer targeted treatments to alleviate your discomfort and improve mobility. Our options include:
  • Intra-articular Steroid Injections: Precisely delivered corticosteroids into the knee joint to reduce inflammation and pain.
  • Viscosupplementation: Injection of hyaluronic acid into the joint to lubricate and cushion the knee, reducing friction and pain.
  • Genicular Artery Embolization: Blocking specific nerves that transmit pain signals from the knee.

Back Pain

Back pain can be debilitating. Our interventional techniques aim to target the source of your pain, whether it's in the lower back, mid-back, or neck. We offer:
  • Epidural Injections: Delivery of medication (often steroids and local anesthetics) into the epidural space to reduce inflammation and nerve irritation causing back and leg pain (sciatica).
  • Selective Nerve Root Blocks: Injection of local anesthetic and/or steroids around a specific nerve root to diagnose the source of pain and provide relief.
  • Facet Joint Injections: Injection of medication into the small joints in the spine (facet joints) that can be a source of back and neck pain.
  • Medial Branch Blocks and Radiofrequency Ablation: Used to diagnose and then treat pain originating from the facet joints by blocking or ablating the nerves that transmit pain signals.
  • Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty: Procedures to stabilize fractured vertebrae caused by osteoporosis or injury, reducing pain and restoring vertebral height. Vertebroplasty involves injecting bone cement into the fractured vertebra, while kyphoplasty involves first creating space and then injecting cement.
  • Lumbar Sympathetic Block: Injection to block the sympathetic nerves in the lower back, which can help with certain types of chronic leg and foot pain.

Shoulder Pain

Shoulder pain can limit your range of motion and impact daily tasks. We offer minimally invasive solutions for various shoulder conditions:
  • Intra-articular Steroid Injections: Reducing inflammation and pain within the shoulder joint.
  • Subacromial Injections: Targeting pain in the space between the top of the shoulder blade (acromion) and the rotator cuff tendons, often caused by bursitis or tendinitis.
  • Embolization for Frozen Shoulder: Blocking nerves that transmit pain signals from the shoulder.

Neck Pain

Neck pain can be caused by various factors, including poor posture, arthritis, or injury. Our interventional treatments can provide significant relief:
  • Cervical Epidural Injections: Similar to lumbar epidurals, but targeting the neck region to reduce inflammation and nerve pain.
  • Cervical Selective Nerve Root Blocks: Targeting specific nerve roots in the neck.
  • Cervical Facet Joint Injections and Medial Branch Blocks/Radiofrequency Ablation: Addressing pain originating from the facet joints in the neck.

Heel Pain / Plantar Fasciitis

Persistent heel pain, often due to plantar fasciitis or nerve entrapment, can be effectively managed with our targeted injections:
  • Steroid Injections: Reducing inflammation in the plantar fascia or around entrapped nerves.
  • Plantar Fasciitis: Targeting specific nerves causing heel pain.

This is not an exhaustive list. Our experienced interventional radiologists can diagnose and treat pain in other areas as well. Please contact us to discuss your specific condition.

Your Comfort and Well-being are Our Priority

At C3, we understand that undergoing any medical procedure can be a source of anxiety. Our compassionate and skilled team will ensure you are comfortable and well-informed throughout your treatment journey. We will thoroughly explain the procedure, answer all your questions, and provide detailed aftercare instructions to optimize your recovery.

Take the First Step Towards a Pain-Free Future

Don’t let pain control your life any longer. Contact us today to schedule a consultation and learn how our interventional radiology pain management treatments at C3 can help you find lasting relief and improve your quality of life.

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An alumnus of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (HST) with deep expertise in Molecular Oncology, Dr. Mama has worked at premier global oncology medical institutions. With a career marked by remarkable dedication, Dr. Mama has a legacy of compassion and accessibility in cancer care. 

Seeing the acute lack of awareness amongst patients in navigating cancer treatment and access to affordable medical services, he returned to India with a commitment to give back to the community by sharing his expertise and addressing the challenges faced by cancer patients in India. He began this journey by pro bono helping over 35,000 patients diagnosed with Cancer navigate the challenges of Cancer treatment.

Identifying critical gaps in cancer care and examining solutions across India’s cancer care ecosystem through multi-stakeholder collaboration, Dr. Mama develops practical solutions for reshaping how cancer patients are treated and improving efficiencies in cancer care. 

An investor in several healthcare companies in the USA and Europe, he is also a mentor for start-ups at Oxford University.

He founded C3 Medicare, a medical daycare centre to build capacities in Cancer Navigation and Cancer Care services and leverage the power of  Interventional Radiology to provide affordable minimally invasive image-guided diagnosis and treatment using the least invasive techniques available.

Dr. Mary Mandapathil is the Director of Clinical Services and Consultant Anaesthesiologist at C3 Medicare. She completed her M.D. (Anaesthesiology) from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, in 2010 and PG Diploma in Hospital and Healthcare Management from Symbiosis Institute.

She worked as a Specialist at Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi and subsequently as a Consultant in the Department of Anaesthesiology at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and later as a Consultant at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai. She has been a speaker at numerous conferences and is AHA-certified in BLS, ACLS and PALS.

Dr Mukul Mutatkar has been a consultant in Interventional Radiology in Imaging and vascular for three decades.

A graduate of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) and a  B.J Medical College(BJMC) postgraduate, he underwent training in MRI and CT in the USA, Germany, Japan, and Australia.  He has also trained in the UK and France with short sessions in Trivandrum and Japan for Interventional Radiology.

He is one of the founders, directors, and consultants of the successful OMEGA MRI Centre and the PDS CT Scan Centre in Pune.

Dr Sainani, a renowned medical oncologist who has been practising since 2002 at various hospitals in Mumbai, graduated from MBBS at Lady Harding Medical College Delhi and completed her MD at INHS Asvini Hospital Mumbai in 1997. nAfter a fellowship in Haematology at B J Wadia Children’s Hospital, she trained in oncology at the renowned Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai’s major cancer referral centre.

She trained at Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia’s Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, and today provides stem cell transplant expertise to centres at Jaslok Hospital and Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital.

A member of the European Society for Medical Oncology(ESMO), Indian Society of Medical and Paediatric Oncology ( ISMPO), Indian Cooperative Oncology Network( ICON), ImmunoOncology Society of India (IOSI), Mumbai Haematology  Group( MHG).

She has been a part of many clinical research trials and has publications in national and international journals.

Dr Murarka, a highly experienced surgical oncologist with an impressive 40-year career, completed his post-graduation at the renowned Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. He further honed his skills through training at the prestigious Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York & St. Mark’s Academic Institute, U.K., solidifying his position as a leading expert.

Dr. Murarka is a specialist in Surgical Oncology and a Consultant at various hospitals, including Saifee Hospital, Raheja Hospital, Nanavati Hospital, Sushruta Hospital, and Ramakrishna Mission Hospital.

Dr Murarka has worked at the top hospitals in the city and country, including Lilavati Hospital, Hinduja, S.L. Raheja (Fortis), and Breach Candy.

Dr. Murarka has published several papers in India and abroad and is a member of several prestigious medical associations.

Dr Pant, an Interventional Radiologist specialising in vascular and non-vascular IR for the past two decades, is an alumnus of Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. He further trained in Interventional Radiology for both Peripheral and Neuro-Intervention at the Bombay Hospital and Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai.

He was the Director of Imaging and Radiology and Consultant in Interventional Radiology at the Department of Radiology & Imaging at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre.

Dr Pant has expertise in various interventional procedures, such as Intracranial Aneurysm therapy, Stroke Intervention, Portal Hypertension, and Endovascular Repair of Abdominal and thoracic Aortic Aneurysms. He has experience in the interventional treatment of liver cancer by TACE and RFA.

He has been awarded the Vishisth Seva medal by the President of India and a commendation by the GOC-in- C southern Command.

An academician for over two decades, Dr. Pant has been a postgraduate teacher under MUHS, Nasik, and an examiner at the Interventional Radiology fellowship and DNB (radiology). He has been a professor (Radio diagnosis) at MUHS, Nasik, since 2010. He is also a member of the Executive Council and was the past Vice President of the Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. He has published 18 papers and presented his work at many conferences.