Pain Management
Pain Management, also known as algology, is the specialty dedicated to diagnosing and treating chronic pain. The department evaluates pain that has lasted beyond normal healing — including back and neck pain, nerve pain and cancer-related pain — and treats it with targeted, image-guided techniques such as nerve blocks and neuromodulation, aiming to reduce pain and restore function and quality of life.
Medically reviewed by the Florence Healthcare medical team · Last reviewed June 2026
One coordinated team, one plan for your care
Chronic pain is a condition in its own right, not just a symptom, and it responds best to a multidisciplinary approach. Our pain specialists work with neurosurgery, orthopaedics, oncology and physiotherapy to find the source of the pain and combine the right treatments — medication, precise image-guided injections, nerve blocks, radiofrequency procedures and neuromodulation — within a plan focused on improving daily function rather than masking discomfort.
For patients travelling from abroad, a dedicated international coordinator arranges your appointments and explains each step in advance. Our specialists can review your imaging and reports remotely, give a clear opinion on which interventions may help, and provide a transparent cost estimate before you travel — so you know what to expect on arrival.
Programs & sub-specialties
- Interventional pain procedures
- Spinal & back-pain clinic
- Cancer pain management
- Nerve blocks & radiofrequency ablation
- Neuromodulation & spinal cord stimulation
- Headache & neuropathic pain
Why patients choose the Pain Management
Image-guided precision
Injections, nerve blocks and radiofrequency procedures are performed under live imaging, so treatment reaches the exact source of pain and many patients avoid more invasive surgery.
Function-focused, multidisciplinary plans
Pain specialists work with neurosurgery, oncology and physiotherapy to build a plan aimed at restoring movement and daily life, not just dulling symptoms.
Built for international patients
A dedicated coordinator, care in your language, invitation letters for your visa, airport transfers and a transparent cost estimate before you travel.
Accredited quality & safety
Care delivered to internationally recognized JCI standards across our İstanbul hospitals, with outcomes tracked and reviewed.
Treatments & procedures we offer
Explore the procedures our team performs. Each has a clear, answer-first guide covering what it involves, recovery and a transparent cost estimate — select any treatment to learn more.
Conditions we treat
Explore related conditions- Chronic back & neck pain
- Cancer pain
- Neuropathic pain
- Failed back surgery
Understand your diagnosis
Plain-language, provider-reviewed articles on conditions, tests and procedures in our Health Library.
Targeting the source of pain
Image guidance and advanced techniques let our team treat pain precisely, often through a needle rather than open surgery.
- Fluoroscopy and ultrasound guidance for accurate injections
- Radiofrequency ablation for spinal and joint pain
- Diagnostic and therapeutic nerve blocks
- Neuromodulation and spinal cord stimulation
- Dedicated support for cancer-related pain
Your journey, supported before, during and after
From your first message to your follow-up back home, a dedicated coordinator handles the details — so you can focus on your treatment, in your language.
Pain Management — frequently asked questions
Algology is the branch of medicine devoted to chronic pain. A pain specialist identifies the source of long-lasting pain and treats it with targeted methods — medication, image-guided injections, nerve blocks, radiofrequency procedures and neuromodulation — to reduce pain and help you return to normal activity.
Often, yes. Many image-guided procedures such as nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablation and spinal cord stimulation are minimally invasive and may relieve pain without open surgery, though our team will tell you honestly when surgery is the better option.
Yes. Send us your MRI or CT images and your medical reports, and our pain specialists will review them remotely, advise which treatments are likely to help, and provide a transparent personalised cost estimate before you commit to travel.
Ready to plan your treatment?
Share your reports for a free, no-obligation second opinion and a transparent cost estimate — usually within 48 hours.
Accredited to Joint Commission International (JCI) standards
Quality and patient safety reviewed against the JCI 8th Edition — see our accreditations.