Patients come from Pearland, Shadow Creek Ranch, Silverlake, Friendswood, Manvel, Fresno, and across Brazoria County — most after physical therapy and medication have stopped being enough, and most asking a practical question: how quickly can this be treated without stopping work.
Your local office
Refer a patient by fax: (713) 000-0001
Getting here
| Monday | 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM |
| Tuesday | 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM |
| Thursday | 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM |
| Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Heat & dehydration risk
Heat and dehydration strain the whole body — limit midday exertion, stay in shade or air conditioning, and check on older or vulnerable people. If you take medications that affect hydration or blood pressure, ask your care team how heat changes your plan.
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Pain Medicine Physician · Pearland
Dr. Raju Mantena is a board-certified pain management specialist focused on interventional pain medicine. He treats chronic spine, joint, and nerve pain using evidence-based interventional techniques including spinal inj…
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Coordinated care
If you're currently seeing a primary care provider in the Pearland area and would like coordinated care with Dr. Mantena, ask your PCP for a referral or call directly.
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.
Why patients choose us
Independent, board-certified pain management — the same physician every visit. No hospital committee, no rotating residents.
A block placed without a clear target treats nothing and teaches nothing. We work out which structure is generating your pain, then treat it — and change direction if the diagnostic result says otherwise.
Evaluation, planning, and follow-up happen here rather than requiring a drive up 288 into the Medical Center for every appointment in a course of treatment.
Most patients here work full time and cannot disappear for a month. We schedule around that, and we are direct about recovery time and what a procedure will and will not change.
Local care details
Brazoria County floods, and pain management has a wrinkle most specialties do not. Schedule II medications cannot be refilled early or phoned in like an ordinary prescription — a new prescription is required, which needs an open office. When a storm is in the forecast, call before the evacuation window rather than during it. If a scheduled procedure is cancelled by a closure we will reschedule it and tell you how to manage in the interim rather than leaving you to sort it out.
Interventional planning depends on imaging, and most patients arriving here have already had an MRI or CT. Bring the report and, if you can get them, the images themselves — a report alone is sometimes not enough to target a procedure precisely. Studies done at Memorial Hermann Pearland or elsewhere can usually be reviewed rather than repeated, which avoids both the delay and a second contrast exposure.
Cost & insurance
In-network with most major commercial plans, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Texas Medicaid. Don’t see your plan? Our benefits team can verify coverage on the spot — most calls take under a minute.
Frequently asked
From Shadow Creek Ranch and Silverlake it is typically under 10 minutes via Shadow Creek Parkway. From Friendswood or Manvel, plan on 15 to 20 minutes on FM 518. The office is on the Memorial Hermann Pearland campus with free on-site parking, which matters more than usual when you are arriving for or leaving after a procedure.
Most PPO plans allow you to book directly. HMO plans usually require a referral from your primary care doctor. Call (832) 783-9100 and our benefits team can verify referral requirements for your specific plan, generally in under a minute.
Most patients return to desk work the next day, and many the same afternoon. Heavy lifting and strenuous activity are usually held for a couple of days. We tell you the specific restriction for your procedure before you schedule it, so you can plan around work rather than guess.
Usually not on its own. An injection reduces pain enough to make rehabilitation possible, and the lasting improvement typically comes from what you do in that window — strengthening, movement, and changes to the loads causing the problem. Some patients get durable relief; most do best with a combined plan.
Pain management treats spine, joint, and nerve pain without surgery — targeted injections, nerve blocks, and radiofrequency ablation, alongside therapy and medication. A spine surgeon operates. Many patients are appropriately managed without ever needing surgery, and interventional treatment is usually the step tried first.
Bring any MRI or CT reports and the images if you can get them, a current medication list including anything you have already tried for the pain, records from prior injections or physical therapy, and your insurance card. Prior imaging often determines what can be done at that first visit.
Learn more
Book online in under a minute, or call the office during clinic hours. Most new patients are seen within one to two weeks; same-day or same-week visits may be available for urgent kidney concerns.
Updated May 9, 2026. Medically reviewed by Raju Mantena, DO.
