Napa Pain Institute

What We Do

The Napa Pain Institute offers a comprehensive range of services tailored to address various types of pain, providing personalized treatment plans to enhance patients' quality of life.

Conditions We Treat

Our physicians are national leaders in the field of pain management with decades of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of even the most complex and intractable pain. We know that the same treatments may not work for everyone, and are completely committed to finding the treatment that is right for you.  Whatever your situation, the cause of your pain, or the treatments you have tried before, come to see us — we are here to help.

Below are some of the conditions we see often, but chronic pain presents itself in many ways — in our decades of experience, we’ve seen it all, and are committed to finding the right diagnosis and the best treatment options for your unique needs.

Low Back Pain

Neck Pain

Cancer Pain

Osteoporosis Pain

Spinal Cord Injuries

Arthritis Pain

Spinal Stenosis

Spasticity & Muscle Spasms

Pelvic Pain

Incontinence

complex regional pain syndrome

Degenerative Joint Pain

Knee, Shoulder and Hip Pain

Chronic Abdominal Pain

Major Depression Disorder

Diabetic & Peripheral Neuropathy

Headache Pain

Alzheimer's Disease

Break free from chronic pain

At the Napa Pain Institute, we are proud to offer the best, safest, and most effective treatments we can, for our patients, and our community. Contact uss today to learn more. 

Treatments We offer

While pain medication is helpful for some of our patients, we offer many non-medicinal options for managing the pain, including, but not limited to, the treatments listed below. Our physicians are leaders in the field of neuromodulation, which involves the electrical stimulation of the central nervous system to help manage pain and other chronic conditions.

We are committed to “whole patient health care,” and in addition to the advanced pain therapies we offer, we work with many patients on nutrition, exercise, physical therapy, smoking cessation and other health and wellness programs.

Ablation of basivertibral nerves

Cancer Pain Care

Alzheimer's Infusion

Epidurals

Genicular nerve ablation for knee

pain pump implants and management

joint injections

Vertebroplasty

pain medication management

Radio Frequency Ablation

Spinal Cord Stimulation

Sympathetic Block

Occipital Block

Facet Join Injections

InterStim

Kyphoplasty

Research Studies

TMS Therapy for Depression

Our Partners in Healing

Napa Surgery Center

We offer interventional treatments at the Napa Surgery Center, located just one block away from the Napa Pain Institute, where our physicians perform the treatments above in a quiet, calm space where you can focus on healing. 3444 Valle Verde Dr, Napa, CA 94558 (707) 252-9669

Neurovations Clinical Research

Our physicians partner with Neurovations Clinical Research to offer our patients access to cutting-edge treatments for different types of chronic pain. Different trials are available throughout the year – talk with your physician today to find out if one of them is right for you. Learn more about Neurovations Clinical Research.

TMS at Neurovations

TMS works by using short, magnetic pulses to stimulate the nerve cells in the parts of the brain believed to regulate mood and emotions. TMS stands for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. It is a non-medication, non-invasive therapy cleared by the FDA for the treatment of depression in patients who were unsuccessful with other methods of treatment. This treatment has helped thousands of patients find relief and gain back control of their life.

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DR. MELANIE D. JOHANSSON, MD, FACEP

Dr. Johansson comes to us as a fellowship-trained and board-certified pain management specialist with nearly a decade of experience. She completed her fellowship training at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD where she then became the associate program director of the pain medicine fellowship and an assistant professor of military and emergency medicine. She graduated from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, Virginia, was Pre-medicine at San Diego State University, and received her BSN from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Her breadth of experience comes from a full career of serving in the United States Navy where she was the recipient of multiple academic and military service awards including a Meritorious Service Medal, three Navy Commendation Medals, and numerous other individual, unit, and campaign awards. She has multiple published works and is the founding member of a military Pain Medicine Special Interest Group with the American Society of Regional Anesthesia.

In her free time, Dr. Johansson enjoys traveling, is newly married, loves dogs, and enjoys cooking and baking, as well as other creative pursuits. She has a particular interest in advanced procedural techniques for chronic pain relief and the effects of lifestyle on pain and healing. She looks forward to continuing our mission of providing our patients with the best care, every day.

Eric Grigsby, MD, MBA

CEO & Founder of Neurovations

Dr. Eric Grigsby enjoys a national reputation for excellence in the field of Pain Management. He has a background as a researcher, teacher and clinician and brings over 30 years of clinical experience to the Napa Pain Institute. Dr. Grigsby attended elementary and secondary school in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and Economics from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He formed an interest in Pain Management as a career while working at Boston Children’s Hospital in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery.

After graduating from Boston University Medical School in 1984, Dr. Grigsby trained in General Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Pain Management at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He was invited to join the Medical Staff and teach at the Mayo Medical School until moving to California in 1989. The Dean of the University of California at Davis Medical Center then invited Dr. Grigsby to establish their first Pain Management Center, where he served as Medical Director until 1992. Following his post at UC Davis, Dr. Grigsby established his private Pain Management practice in Napa, California.

Today, he and his staff of over 50 professionals consult with patients throughout Northern California and the western United States.  More recently, Dr Grigsby completed his Masters in Business Administration from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He speaks nationally on topics such as non-operative treatment of spinal disorders, the safe use of medications for the treatment of pain, and the legal and regulatory issues relating to the proper treatment of patients with chronic illness.