When dealing with a patient’s chronic or acute pain, there are any number of treatment options your pain management doctor may recommend, depending, of course, on the underlying cause and severity of your distress. For example, if you’re only experiencing mild or moderate head or muscle pain, you may only need over-the-counter medication to quell the discomfort. However, if you’re experiencing intense pain from an injury, illness, or prior surgery, you might be prescribed something a lot st ... [Read More]
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When Is It Time to See a Pain Management Doctor?
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]
Ketamine Infusion for Chronic Fatigue and Depression
Chronic fatigue, depression, migraine headaches – they’re all symptoms that have challenged pain sufferers and their health care providers for ages. Now, however, there is a growing body of medical evidence showing that with proper screening and administration, all three conditions can be effectively addressed with the infusion of the prescription drug ketamine. How Does Ketamine Work? Discovered in the 1960s and approved for use in the United States in 1970, ketamine is a medication that is ... [Read More]
How to Fight Fibromyalgia Pain
Fibromyalgia is a very real medical condition; the term is used to describe chronic, widespread pain, along with a heightened response to pain. With fibromyalgia, your body amplifies the way your brain processes pain signals, sending those signals throughout your body. The result can be a deep, sore, achy, dull or throbbing pain that might shift from one area to another and can cause everything from muscle pain and stiffness to headaches and tender joints to numbness and tingling your arms, ... [Read More]
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]
