Those who live with chronic pain know that no two days are the same. Some days may be better than others, but most are riddled with moments of intense pain and discomfort. Over time, pain can seem to control everything in your life – dictating where you will go, what you will do, and who you will see. Acute pain can be the result of an accident or injury, or a condition that presents itself without warning or reason. It can go away in cases where you throw out your back or wake up with a ... [Read More]
Interventional Pain Management
How Can A Doctor Help With Back Pain?
Back pain can be caused by many reasons, from an injury or bad posture to an underlying health condition. If you suffer with back pain and are finding it interfering with your daily life, it may be time to seek help from a doctor specializing in interventional pain management. Diagnosing Back Pain Your doctor will need to identify the cause of your back pain in order to treat your symptoms appropriately. The first step is to do a physical examination, which may involve you performing ... [Read More]
How Can Interventional Pain Management Work for Cancer Pain?
Cancer patients, especially those at later stages of the disease, often reference the crippling pain they endure. It may be caused by the cancer itself as well as the treatments used to combat the disease such as chemotherapy and radiation. Often, when people hear the term “pain management,” they may imagine treatment that consists entirely of prescription narcotics like opioids. While these powerful painkillers can play a role in fighting pain, it is merely one facet of a multipronged ... [Read More]
What Is Interventional Pain Management?
Interventional pain management is a specialty that utilizes multiple techniques and therapies to alleviate pain and its debilitating effects as much as possible. The procedures are targeted to directly address the source of pain. The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), defines it as a "discipline of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of pain related disorders." Its multidisciplinary approach brings together a professional medical team which provides ... [Read More]
How Interventional Pain Management Can Help Relieve Back Pain
Chronic pain is extremely common in our world today, and it affects over 100 million Americans. That’s more than those who suffer from diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined. If you are someone who has endured and suffered from chronic pain due to injury, arthritis, and nerve damage, a treatment method known as interventional pain management may be able to help. The way that each different person handles pain is not always clear and understood. However, if we know the cause of the pain ... [Read More]
