Pain management involves treating all types of pain through various modalities beyond just pharmacotherapy. Unrelieved pain can have negative physiological, psychological and cognitive effects. Chronic pain is difficult to treat due to central nervous system sensitization and modulation. Interventional pain management utilizes targeted nerve blocks, ablations, and advanced procedures like spinal cord stimulation to diagnose and treat various pain conditions and syndromes. The goal is to correct underlying pathologies and break pain cycles through non-pharmacological means.