The Role of Physical Therapy in Pain Management
As Pain Doctors regularly explain to patients: “pain relief through physical therapy is based in the knowledge that all forces in the body affect each other. When a nerve is pinched it can be...
Understanding Opioids: Risks, Benefits, and Alternatives
Opioids (also known as narcotics), are a category of medications prescribed by Pain Doctors in order to treat patients’ severe or persistent pain. They are given to patients experiencing severe pain linked to cancer;...
Muscle Strains vs. Ligament Sprains: Identifying the Source of Back Pain
Putting a Spotlight on Spinal Pain As any Pain Doctor will tell you, spinal pain in the lower back (lumbar region), is extremely common. Indeed, the most prevailing causes of lower back pain are...
Surgical Options for Severe Back Pain: A Last Resort
Surgery should be the last resort when it comes to treating severe back pain. – This is because there are so many conventional & cutting-edge options provided by Pain Doctors. And as any Pain...
How Stress Affects Back Pain: A Psychological Perspective
As a Pain Doctor will tell you: “psychological factors not only affect back pain, but also how much the pain impacts our life. – Depressive symptoms can make back pain worse & increase the...
Muscle Strains vs. Ligament Sprains: Identifying the Source of Back Pain
So What’s the Difference Between Sprains and Strains? In a nutshell: • A Sprain is generated by ligaments (bands of tissue which connect our bones), becoming overstretched (with the stretch often going in the...
The Science Behind Pain: How Nerves Transmit Signals
Putting a Spotlight on Basic Pain Processes With countless people in the UK experiencing all kinds of pain each and every day, it is important to understand the basics about how pain is transmitted....
Pain Management in the Elderly: Special Considerations
Whilst it can be said that pain is commonplace among older people, it does nonetheless: “remain under-recognised & under-treated”. A comprehensive assessment of pain [conducted by a Pain Doctor], involves identifying its cause, establishing...
Types of Pain: Acute vs. Chronic
“Acute pain is provoked by a specific disease or injury, serves a useful biologic purpose, is associated with skeletal muscle spasm & sympathetic nervous system activation, & is self-limited. Chronic pain, in contrast, may...
The Evolution of Pain Medicine: A Historical Overview
As any Pain Specialist will tell you: “Pain theories & the management of pain, have been modified throughout history. It grew from magico-religious & demonic ideas & procedures, to more empiric-scientific models; from ancient...
