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Short, informative answers to questions about pain
By Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD and Mahendra Sanapati, MD
What Is Chronic Pain?
Everyone experiences occasional aches and pains. In fact, sudden pain is an important reaction of the nervous system that helps alert you to . . .
What Is Interventional Pain Management?
Each specialty in medicine has an official definition. These definitions come from an organization called the . .
What Are The Goals Of Interventional Pain Management?
As interventional pain physicians, similar to other physicians, we have many goals . . .
How Do You Choose An Interventional Pain Management Physician?
In medicine there are many specialties such as primary care physician . . .
What Are The Types Of Spinal Pain?
Each specialty in medicine has an official definition. These definitions come from an organization called the . . .
How Do You Find Cause Of Pain?
Many people think that pain is a diagnosis, but this is not true. Pain is a symptom that tells . . .
How Do You Choose An Interventional Pain Management Physician?
In medicine there are many specialties such as primary care physician . . .
What Are The Types Of Spinal Pain?
Each specialty in medicine has an official definition. These definitions come from an organization called the . . .
How Do You Find Cause Of Pain?
Many people think that pain is a diagnosis, but this is not true. Pain is a symptom that tells . . .
What is chronic pain?
Everyone experiences occasional aches and pains. In fact, sudden pain is an important reaction of the nervous system that helps alert you to >>>
What is Interventional Pain Management?
Each specialty in medicine has an official definition. These definitions come from an organization >>>
What are the goals of Interventional Pain Management?
As interventional pain physicians, similar to other physicians >>>
How do you choose an Interventional Pain Management Physician?
In medicine there are many specialties such as primary care physician >>>
What are the types of spinal pain?
Pain in the low back, neck, and extremities may be either local, referred or radicular. Local pain is felt in the spine mainly due to sprain, strain and arthritis >>>
How do you find cause of pain?
Many people think that pain is a diagnosis, but this is not true. Pain is a symptom that tells the physician that something is wrong. When a physician finds out what is >>>
What is facet joint pain?
Facet joint pain is one of the most common pain symptoms with neck, mid back, and low back pain. These major structures in the spine, on each side of a vertebral body >>>
What do you know about low back pain?
Low back and lower extremity pain are the most common chronic pain problems. The low back is known as the lumbosacral region of the >>>
What is disc herniation?
The bones in our spine are called vertebrae. They are separated from each other by discs which are like jelly donuts and act like cushions between the bones >>>
What do you know about neck anatomy?
Pain in the neck is common, second only to pain in the low back. The cervical spine or neck starts at the base of the skull and through a series of 7 vertebral segments connects to the thoracic region of the spine >>>
What is sacroiliac joint pain?
The sacroiliac joint is a major joint in the human body and connects the sacrum, the triangular bone at the bottom of the spine, with the pelvis, also known as the iliac >>>
What is fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia syndrome is a common and chronic disorder with widespread musculoskeletal >>>
What is post Herpetic Neuralgia or pain after shingles?
Pain in the neck is common, second only to pain in the low back. The cervical spine or neck starts at the base of the skull and through a series of 7 vertebral segments connects to the thoracic region of the spine >>>
What is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome?
Complex regional pain syndrome, or CRPS, is also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy, or RSD, or causalgia. The pain from CRPS usually affects one or more of the extremities >>>
What Are Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs?
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, also known as NSAIDs, provide pain relief and reduce fever and in higher doses provide anti-inflammatory effects >>>
What are side effects of pain and anxiety medicines?
Commonly used pain medications, or opioids, and anxiety medications, or benzodiazepines, are associated with many side effects and complications. Combining opioids with benzodiazepines is >>>
What are epidural injections?
An epidural injection delivers medication into the epidural space around the spinal nerve roots to relieve pain caused by irritated spinal nerves. These injections generally include local anesthetics and steroids and occasionally >>>
What is Regenerative Medicine?
Regenerative medicine broadly describes an innovative medical therapy that will enable the body to repair, replace, restore, and regenerate damaged or diseased cells, tissues, and organs. Regenerative medicine >>>
What is Spinal Cord Stimulation?
Spinal cord stimulation is the use of a stimulator to send electrical signals to areas of the spinal cord for the treatment of pain >>>
What is a Pain Pump?
Intrathecal drug delivery systems, more commonly known as intrathecal pain pumps, are typically used for management of chronic nonmalignant pain and cancer-related pain. However, these >>>
What is Peripheral Nerve Stimulation or PNS?
Peripheral nerve stimulation, also frequently referred to as “PNS”, is a commonly used approach to treat chronic pain originating from the peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous system is >>>