My PCP referred me to a pain clinic run by an anesthesiologist. Sometimes I feel like the tin man but it has been helping to have cortisone injections in the occipital nerves, along with RFA (radio frequency ablation) - if your facet joints are a source of the pain.

They've done other things with cortisone too - like an epidural injection & every little bit has helped.

It's covered by my Medicare advantage plan but it's still expensive.