How Does a Pain Management Physician Help?
Pain physicians specializing in the assessment, analysis, and pain treatment, has training that makes them qualified as the best source of treatment if you're in pain because of injury or illness.
These doctors complete a one-year internship in pain management after completing a general residency and are board-certified in a specialty.
Most pain treatment physicians, on the other hand, dedicate their resources and knowledge to treating chronic patients’ needs may be difficult to identify and treat over months or years with multiple therapies.
Patients suffering from low back pain, knee pain, head or hip pain, and neck are the most often seen by pain control physicians. Arthritis, migraines, fibromyalgia, sciatica, and other symptoms are often treated by these doctors.
In-depth awareness of pain conditions
Ability to treat patients with difficult pain disorders
Effective prescribing of pain drugs
Ability to use multiple diagnostic tests to pinpoint the source of pain
A strong network of outside services through which the patient may be referred for physical rehabilitation, psychiatric care, or surgical assessment
Treatment that is consistent with the patient's desires and value framework
Up-to-date facilities
Friendly office staff
A pain treatment specialist can treat a variety of different types of pain.
Osteoarthritis (wear and tear arthritis in large joints such as knees and hips)
Rheumatoid arthritis (arthritis caused by an inflammatory reaction – felt in small joints such as fingers and wrists)
Stroke (post-stroke pain)
Multiple sclerosis
Spinal cord injury
Neuropathy
Nerve or nervous system disorders that trigger pain (nerve pain due to shingles, HIV, diabetes)
Cancer
Neck pain
Back pain
But what exactly do pain control physicians do?
For instance, they assess the exact cause of the pain as well as the underlying factors that contribute to it. Take, for example, back pain. It can be affected by a variety of factors, including bad workstation posture, a herniated disc, or a degenerative disease like arthritis.
If a pain management physician has diagnosed your pain, the doctor will determine the most effective treatment for you depending on the advanced training and the most recent study. In reality, doctors who specialize in pain management also perform their own trials and tests on patients who haven't responded to standard therapies.
Nonsurgical, interventional procedures, as well as alternative therapies, are often used by pain doctors to minimize the amount of medicine you need to take or to prevent surgery. Massage, acupuncture, yoga, exercise, physical therapy, meditation, dietary adjustments, and chiropractic treatment are some of the options.
They can also recommend pain relievers like NSAIDs, muscle relaxants and antidepressants. They may also prescribe epidural steroid injections, joint injections, nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablation, neuromodulation, spinal cord stimulation depending on the nature of the condition. If none of these approaches are effective in relieving the pain, a surgery may be your only choice.
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**Disclaimer: This blog post does not establish terms of a doctor-patient relationship and is not intended to be taken as a doctor's advice.
