Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) treated with Pregabalin (Lyrica)
48 year old lady with CRPS treated with Pregabalin A 48 year old lady attended the Pain Clinic complaining of right foot pain. She had had a traumatic leg injury in which...
Post Herpetic Neuralgia Treated with Gabapentin – Case Study
A 76 year old lady, with post herpetic neuralgia in the T11/T12 dermatomes on the right side of the abdomen, had previously been seen in the Pain Clinic with symptoms of allodynia and hyperalgesia....
Piriformis Syndrome treated with Local Injection Therapy – Case Study
A 45 year old lady presented to the Pain Clinic with Sciatica- like symptoms, including intermittent shooting pain travelling down the back of her right leg several times a day. She also complained of...
Severe Lower Back Pain Treated With Physiotherapy
A 64 year old man was seen in the Pain Clinic, complaining of pain in the L3/4 area of his lumbar spine and an aching, deep seated pain which...
A Dancer’s Guide To Pain Relief
If there existed a simple pill to get rid of any pain without side effects there would be less need for health care practitioners, and many of us would be happily out...
Facet Joint Tenderness Treated With Acupuncture – Case Study
An 17 year old boy presented to the Pain Clinic with acute onset lower back pain. This started after he picked up a very heavy bag without having his spine...
Epidural Injection
What is an Epidural? The word ‘Epidural’ refers to a space around the spine through which nerve roots leave the spinal cord, before travelling to the rest of the body. An...
Sacroiliac Joint Pain Treated With Botulinum Toxin A – Case Study
A 27 year old lady was seen in the Pain Clinic with sacroiliac joint tenderness. She was working as a nurse and over the last 2 years had had increasing pain from the lower...
Pain in Noonans Syndrome and its management. A patients perspective.
Pain in Noonan Syndrome and its management. A patients perspective I am in pain all day every day, but I have learnt to cope with it. I feel the...
Noonan Syndrome and Pain
Noonan Syndrome and Pain Having just been seen by London Pain Clinic, I have been asked to write an article on Noonan Syndrome (NS) & Pain and also Endometriosis. ...
