Medical Center — South Freeway
7505A South FreewayHouston, TX 77021
Serving Houston TX, Texas Medical Center, MacGregor, Riverside Terrace, and more
Accepting new pain management patients
What we treat
Common reasons to schedule include new symptoms, abnormal labs, uncontrolled chronic conditions, and second opinions on complex cases. Tap a category to see the full list.
Treatments & services
Beyond diagnosis, our clinicians provide ongoing management across every stage of care — from prevention and early management to coordinating advanced therapy. Tap any service for details.
A cervical epidural steroid injection calms swelling and eases long-term neck pain. It also relieves nerve pain that spreads down the arm. Guided by live X-ray at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
A cervical medial branch block finds the source of long-term neck pain and eases it. We target the small facet joints, guided by live X-ray, at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
Discography pinpoints the exact spinal disc causing your long-term back or neck pain when an MRI is unclear. Guided by live X-ray and done by our pain specialists at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
Facet joint injections, guided by live X-ray, calm swelling in the arthritic joints of the neck, mid-back, and lower back. Given by our board-certified pain doctors at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
Hip joint injections, guided by live X-ray and ultrasound, help find and treat hip arthritis. They also tell true hip pain from pain sent by the lower spine, at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
An implanted pump sends pain medicine straight to the spinal cord, so you need a much smaller dose. It helps severe pain that other treatments have not eased. We do a trial first at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
Knee joint injections, guided by ultrasound, ease swelling and arthritis pain. We can also drain extra fluid from the joint. Given by our board-certified pain doctors at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
A lumbar epidural steroid injection, guided by live X-ray, calms swollen nerve roots. It eases sciatica, radiating leg pain, and spinal stenosis. Given by our board-certified pain doctors at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
A lumbar medial branch block checks if facet joints are the source of your long-term low back pain. It also shows if you are a good fit for radiofrequency ablation. Guided by live X-ray at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
A lumbar sympathetic block, guided by live X-ray, quiets certain nerve-driven pain in the leg. It is a key treatment for CRPS, phantom limb pain, and blood-flow pain, at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
Nerve block injections, guided by imaging, ease long-term back, neck, joint, and post-surgery pain. Given by our board-certified pain doctors at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
Neuroma injections, guided by ultrasound, calm one specific painful nerve ending. They help Morton's neuroma, stump pain after amputation, and nerve pain after surgery, at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
This procedure takes pressure off a pinched nerve through a tiny opening, with no open surgery or fusion. It suits chosen patients with a contained disc herniation, at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
PRP injections use a concentrate made from your own blood to spark healing. They can help long-term tendon problems and mild to moderate joint arthritis. Guided by ultrasound at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
Radiofrequency ablation is a small procedure that blocks chronic pain signals from facet joints, SI joints, and an arthritic spine. Performed by our pain specialists at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
SI joint injections, guided by imaging, help find and treat sacroiliac joint pain. This is an often-missed cause of one-sided low back and buttock pain. Given by our board-certified pain doctors at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
A selective nerve root block shows which spinal nerve is causing your pain and calms the swelling around it. Guided by live X-ray and given by our board-certified pain doctors at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
Spinal cord stimulation can help long-term pain that surgery and medicine have not fixed, like failed back surgery syndrome and CRPS. Every patient trials the device before any permanent implant, at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
A stellate ganglion block, guided by imaging, quiets certain nerve-driven pain in the arm, hand, head, and neck. It helps CRPS, phantom limb pain, and shingles nerve pain, at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
A thoracic epidural steroid injection, guided by live X-ray, eases mid-back pain and band-like chest wall pain. It also calms nerve pain that wraps around the chest. Given by our board-certified pain doctors at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
Trigger point injections release tight, painful knots of muscle. These knots can send pain to the head, back, and limbs. Our board-certified pain doctors treat them at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
Hyaluronic acid injections add back the natural lube in knee joint fluid for mild to moderate arthritis. This non-steroid option can help you put off knee replacement, at Remix Medical in Houston, TX.
Your physician
Every clinician at Remix Medical is board-certified and owns the practice — so the physician in your exam room is the one making decisions about your care.
Pain Medicine Physician
Medical Center — South Freeway · Montrose — Upper Kirby · Pearland
Where we see patients
Our pain management clinicians see patients at 3 offices.
Serving Houston TX, Texas Medical Center, MacGregor, Riverside Terrace, and more
Serving Houston TX, Texas Medical Center, Midtown, Montrose, and more
Serving Pearland TX, Friendswood, Manvel, Fresno, and more
Cost & insurance
Remix Medical accepts most major commercial plans, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage for pain management.
Patient voices
Verified reviews from Google — unedited.
“I've been seeing Dr. Mantena for about 8 or 9 years now, and I still stand by my original post: I greatly appreciate Dr. Mantena and his staff. They are professional but friendly....but most importantly, they put up with me!! 😆 Seriously, Dr. Mantena is a wonderful pain Dr. He listens to me and involves me in my plan of care. I trust him, and coming from me, that says a lot! If you're in need of a good pain dr, I would definitely recommend Dr. Mantena!”
“Dr. Mantena is an amazing, caring, and professional doctor. Before I found him I suffered so much with pain. Very professional and awesome staff. He truly cares for his patients”
“Awesome care. Easy to make an appointment by phone. Didn't take long to get in. Was treated very respectfully. Dr Mantena spent a lot of time with me discussing my history to help determine the best treatment regiment moving forward.”
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