WHEN IS IT TIME TO SEE A PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTOR? Responding to chronic pain can be a tricky proposition. At the onset, it seems like something you can tough out, believing that in time your condition will get better. But when it doesn’t – or it gets worse – you may kick yourself for not acting sooner and consulting with a doctor who specializes in neuropathy instead of tolerating the pain and relying on your primary care physician. While family and internal medicine doctors are trained in var ... [Read More]
Pain management
Causes and Treatment of Neck Pain
Your neck – or, more specifically, your cervical spine – is an intricate and relatively fragile network of bones, muscles, joints, and nerves susceptible to occasional stress and strain. Although the pain may be felt in the neck itself, it is often due to a back problem. Also, the pain may radiate from the neck to the shoulders or down your arms and can be dull and achy, sore and tender, or sharp and stabbing, making it difficult to turn or bend your head. There are numerous causes of neck ... [Read More]
Holistic Pain Treatments
In recent years, the medical community started to realize the many benefits of a holistic approach to pain management. The medical definition of “holistic” is treatment of the whole person, including mental and social factors in addition to symptoms of a disease. In other words, management and relief of chronic pain – no matter the cause – is approached from a variety of disciplines that take into account all contributing factors affecting the patient’s well-being. A holistic approach to pain ... [Read More]
Probuphine Implants vs. Suboxone: Which One Is a Better Choice for Opiate Detox?
If you or a loved one has ever been addicted to opiates, you know first-hand the struggle that goes along with trying to detox from them. Opiates include morphine, heroin, and prescription painkillers like oxycodone. Detoxing from an opiate addiction is extremely difficult, with many people relapsing because they can’t cope with the withdrawal symptoms – or the pain that led them to turn to opiates in the first place. Thankfully, there are prescription medications that can make the detox an ... [Read More]
Could Interventional Pain Management Help Me?
Numbness is a loss of feeling in a certain part of your body that’s sometimes accompanied by another sensation, such as a pins-and-needles burning, or tingling. Numbness can happen anywhere in the body; it can be isolated to one area, like a foot or on one of both sides of the body. Thankfully, there are treatment methods available to help with numbness. One of those treatments is interventional pain management. We’ve all had that feeling of pins and needles when our foot falls asleep. But som ... [Read More]
