Based on your diagnosis, the Penn Nerve Center may recommend a non-surgical approach to treat your nerve condition.
Non-surgical treatments for nerve conditions may include:
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Activity modification or home therapeutic exercise
- Prescription of orthoses and adaptive equipment to help with daily activities
- Personalized physical and/or occupational therapy programs
- Use of therapy modalities such as therapeutic and functional neuromuscular electric stimulation
- Medications to treat ongoing symptoms
- Pain management techniques such as nerve blocks or epidural injections
- Chemical denervation of spastic muscles
- Radiofrequency ablation for nerve tumors
It can take time for non-surgical approaches to alleviate your symptoms. Throughout your treatment, your physician will monitor your progress. If your nerve condition cannot be appropriately managed using non-surgical approaches, surgery may be recommended.