Pain Management
Pain Management
What Is Pain Management?
This branch of medicine is dedicated to helping improve the quality of life, and ease the suffering for those living with chronic pain. Pain management is an extremely broad subject branching out into many areas. At Prime Medical, treatments are individualized to suit the different needs of each patient. A multitude of factors are used to determine the state of an individual’s health, biological, psychological (emotions, thoughts and behavior) and social (socio economic, socio-environmental) must be taken into consideration.
Multi Disciplinary Approach
By taking a multi disciplinary approach we are able to provide a holistic approach to pain management, providing referrals to Physical Therapy, Interventional Pain Management, Acupuncture, Massage Therapy, Orthopedic Surgeon consults and more.
Pain Management Diagnosis
Getting the right diagnosis is important for the successful treatment of chronic pain. Our pain management specialist here at Prime Medical specialize in diagnosing the cause of your pain to ensure that you are assigned the proper treatment plan.
Pain Management Treatment
We understand that every patient is unique and requires a different approach to their treatment. At Prime Medical we work closely with you to ensure all of your symptoms are understood. We encourage you to ask as many questions as needed so you better understand your treatment plan, understanding your treatment plan with help ensure that it is properly followed.
Common Areas That Require Pain Management:
Back Pain
The most frequently occurring complaint, often causing chronic pain which can be felt anywhere along the spine from the cervical spine (neck) to the thoracic spine (felt behind the chest wall or thorax) to the lumbar and sacral area (the lower back) to the coccyx (the lowest tip of the spine)
Spinal pain can be divided into two categories; mechanical or referred symptoms. Mechanical pain is felt only in the spinal area whereas referred pain radiates to other parts of the body. Sciatica is a good example of this, as the pain is usually felt in the legs.
Neuralgia (Nerve Pain)
Pain occurring along a damaged nerve, often described as severe pain. It differs from tissue pain (nociceptive pain: implicating the pain receptors in the skin, bones or surrounding tissues); common symptoms of nerve pain include: stabbing or shooting pain, skin sensitivity and colour changes and swelling of the skin. Different medications are used in the treatment of nerve pain, to those used in the treatment of tissue pain.
Myofacial Pain Syndrome
This is a muscular pain in distinct isolated areas of the body. It can be an indication of deeper skeletal and joint problems. In a classical diagnosis, palpation of the muscle over the affected area is associated with finding Trigger points (small knots in the muscle).
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
A chronic pain condition in which the patient may experience severe and debilitating pain. This often occurs after muscoskeletal trauma.
Neck Pain
If you have suffered with neck pain, you know how debilitating it can be. Aside from stiff muscles that can have you reaching for pain medication, this condition can make the smallest tasks or a simple sneeze very painful and even deprive you of a good night’s sleep.
Musculoskeletal Pain
Musculoskeletal pain can have an enormous adverse effect on your quality of life, along with significant pain. Simple day to day activities such as walking, gardening or even getting up from your chair can be become difficult or even excruciatingly painful.
Simple day to day activities such as walking, gardening or even getting up from your chair can be become difficult or even excruciatingly painful.
Fibromyalgia
The widespread pain and fatigue that comes with having fibromyalgia can be debilitating. It can leave otherwise healthy people without a way to cope with their daily lives.
We are familiar with the all over body pain, severe fatigue and sleep disturbance that is a part of fibromyalgia. In the majority of patients, fibromyalgia is the primary diagnosis but in a significant number of cases it may be secondary to an underlying condition. There are many of thousands of people suffering from fibromyalgia who continue to live with severe pain and tiredness because their symptoms have been misdiagnosed or inadequately treated. It is common for patients to be told there is little wrong or prescribed simple pain medication.
