Dr. Washington says nerve injuries, cancer pain, and back pain are among the cases she typically treats. Patients are referred to the program by other physicians who may be having difficulties treating patients with pain, she said. Procedures include steroid injections, radio frequency treatments, and nerve blocks.

For information about the Pain Clinic, call Terry Ellison, clinic coordinator, (802) 674-7390.

Tabitha Washington, MD

Conditions Evaluated and Treated

• Head, neck and whiplash pain
• Pain of the spine and hip
• Tic douloureux, facial pain
• Shingles (post-herpetic neuralgia)
• Post-surgical pain
• Myofascial pain
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
• Chest wall pain
• Low back pain
• Phantom limb pain
• Shoulder and arm pain
• Arthritic pain
• Peripheral nerve pain
• Nerve root damage pain and arachnoiditis
• Multiple Sclerosis pain
• Work-related injuries
• Central pain syndromes
• Chronic abdominal pain
• Spasticity

Management Techniques

• Medical Assessment and Pharmaceutical Therapy of Chronic Pain
• Peripheral Nerve Blocks
• Sympathetic Ganglion Blocks
• Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar and Caudal Epidural Steroid Injection Under Fluoroscopy
• Trigger Point Injections
• Cryoanalgesia
• Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Spinal Infusion Devices
• Radiofrequency Neurolysis
• Radiofrequency Treatment of Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Facet Joint Pain
• Radiofrequency Treatment of Sacroiliac Pain