Dr Shyam Balasubramanian

• Faculty of Pain Medicine,
• Royal College of Anaesthetists

• Spinal pain
• Musculoskeletal pain
• Neuropathic pain
• Chronic widespread pain
• Persistent post-surgical pain
• Persistent post-traumatic pain

Neck & Thorax:
Cervical facet medial branch blocks
Erector spinae plane block
Paravertebral block
Trigger point injections
Abdomen & Pelvis:
Abdominal cutaneous nerve block
Inguinal nerve blocks
Presacral sympathetic block
Rectus sheath block
Spermatic cord block
Trigger point injections
Musculoskeletal injections
Acromioclavicular joint injection (shoulder)
Subdeltoid subacromial bursa injection (shoulder)
Tennis elbow injection
Quadratus lumborum muscle injection (back / loin)
Gluteus medius injection (buttock / hip)
Piriformis muscle injection (buttock / leg)
Ischial bursa injection (buttock pain)
Trochanteric bursa injection (hip / thigh)
Tarsal tunnel injection (foot pain)
Peripheral nerve blocks (+ pulsed radiofrequency):
Greater occipital nerve block (neck)
Superficial cervical plexus block (neck)
Suprascapular nerve block (shoulder)
Shoulder articular branches blocks
Intercostal nerve block (chest wall)
Forearm nerve blocks (median, ulnar, radial)
Inguinal nerve block (groin)
Pudendal nerve block (genital area)
Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve of thigh
Hip articular branches block (femoral, obturator)
Knee genicular nerve blocks
Lower back:
Caudal epidural
Dorsal root ganglion block
Dorsal root ganglion pulsed radiofrequency
Interspinous / iliolumbar ligament injections
Lumbar facet medial branch block
Lumbar facet medial branch radiofrequency denervation
Sacroiliac joint injection
Sacroiliac joint radiofrequency denervation

• Keyboard player in a music band
• Writing books

• Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, UK 2007-
• Associate Medical Director (Professional Standards), UHCW NHS Trust, Coventry, UK 2020-
• Lead, Pharmacy & Prescribing, Warwick Medical School 2017-
• Honorary Associate Clinical Professor, University of Warwick 2020-
• Clinical Lead in Pain Medicine, UHCW NHS Trust 2009-12
• Editor, British Journal of Anaesthesia Education 2011-16
• Member, Professional Standards Committee; Educational Meeting Advisor, Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists 2013-19
• Regional Advisor in Pain Medicine, West Midlands 2018-20