Joint Injections New Jersey

Relief for Painful and Inflamed Joints

When pain comes from a specific joint, nerve, or area of inflammation, treating the exact source often provides better relief than medication alone.

Joint injections and nerve blocks are minimally invasive procedures that deliver medication precisely where it’s needed. Instead of affecting your entire body, these treatments focus directly on the injured or inflamed area to reduce pain, decrease inflammation, and improve movement.

For nearly 30 years, Dr. Todd Koppel has helped patients throughout New Jersey manage chronic neck pain, back pain, arthritis, joint pain, and nerve related conditions using advanced image guided injection techniques. Every procedure is performed with precision to maximize both safety and effectiveness.

What Are Joint Injections?

A joint injection delivers medication directly into an inflamed or painful joint.

Depending on your condition, the injection may include:

• Corticosteroid medication to reduce inflammation
• Local anesthetic to provide immediate pain relief and help confirm the source of pain
• Hyaluronic acid to improve joint lubrication
• Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) to support the body’s natural healing response

Joint injections can help relieve pain affecting many different joints throughout the body.

Common treatment areas include:

• Knees
• Shoulders
• Hips
• Ankles
• Wrists
• Sacroiliac joints
• Facet joints of the spine

What Is a Nerve Block?

A nerve block is an injection placed around a specific nerve or group of nerves to temporarily interrupt pain signals.

Nerve blocks serve two important purposes.

Diagnosis –Some nerve blocks help identify the exact structure responsible for your pain. This allows Dr. Koppel to recommend the most appropriate treatment before moving forward with more advanced procedures.

Treatment – Other nerve blocks reduce inflammation and provide meaningful pain relief, helping patients improve mobility and return to normal activities.

Conditions Commonly Treated

Depending on your diagnosis, Dr. Todd Koppel may recommend injections for a variety of spine and joint conditions.

Facet Joint Pain

Facet joint injections reduce inflammation within the small joints of the spine while helping determine whether the joints are responsible for chronic neck or back pain.

If diagnostic testing confirms the diagnosis, radiofrequency ablation may provide longer lasting relief.

Sacroiliac Joint Pain

SI joint injections help diagnose and treat pain coming from the sacroiliac joints, which are a common but often overlooked source of lower back and buttock pain.

Knee Arthritis

Genicular nerve blocks temporarily interrupt pain signals from arthritic knees and help determine whether patients may benefit from genicular radiofrequency ablation.

Trigger Points

Trigger point injections relax painful muscle knots that commonly develop in the neck, shoulders, and back.

Pinched Nerves

Selective nerve root blocks and epidural steroid injections reduce inflammation around irritated spinal nerves and may relieve pain caused by conditions such as sciatica, cervical radiculopathy, and lumbar herniated discs.

How Dr. Koppel Determines the Right Injection

Not every patient benefits from the same procedure.

Before recommending treatment, Dr. Todd Koppel performs a thorough evaluation to understand your symptoms, review imaging studies when appropriate, and identify the structure most likely causing your pain.

Because many spine and joint conditions produce similar symptoms, selecting the correct injection is one of the most important factors in achieving successful results.

What to Expect

Joint injections and nerve blocks are performed on an outpatient basis at Garden State Pain Management.

Before Your Procedure

You’ll receive instructions regarding medications, eating, and transportation based on the type of injection being performed.

During Your Procedure

The treatment area is numbed with local anesthetic before Dr. Koppel carefully guides the needle using fluoroscopic or ultrasound imaging.

Most procedures take approximately 10 to 20 minutes.

Sedation is available for patients who may feel anxious.

After Your Procedure

Most patients return home shortly after treatment.

Mild soreness at the injection site is normal and usually resolves within a day or two.

Many patients return to their normal daily activities the following day.

Why Choose Dr. Todd Koppel?

Choosing an experienced physician is important because successful injections depend on accurate diagnosis and precise needle placement.

For nearly 30 years, New Jersey pain doctor Todd Koppel, MD has helped patients throughout New Jersey manage chronic pain using advanced interventional pain management techniques.

Patients choose Dr. Koppel because he offers:

• Nearly 30 years of experience performing image guided injections
• Fellowship training at the Hospital for Special Surgery
• Personalized treatment plans based on your diagnosis
• Advanced fluoroscopic and ultrasound guidance for greater precision
• Minimally invasive procedures performed in the office
• A conservative approach that focuses on relieving pain while improving function

At Garden State Pain Management, every treatment begins with understanding the cause of your pain so the right procedure can be recommended.