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Here at the London Pain Clinic, our leading Pain Doctors are globally renowned for setting the standard of excellence and best practice. Always up-to-date with the latest research on pain and pain medicine, injectables and therapies, we would like to inform our patients and followers about the GIRFT (Getting It Right First Time) chronic...

Chronic pelvic pain is now endemic in our society & this unacceptable scenario is the result of general practitioners lacking specialisation in this field, underfunding by medical authorities, & insufficient research. Indeed, “a new global consensus statement issued by the International Federation of Gynaecology & Obstetrics (FIGO), & the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS),...

Here at the London Pain Clinic, our world-class Pain Doctors are always abreast of the latest research on long-term pain. To that end, we would like to share details of a recently released study. This comes from innovative research undertaken by scientists at the University of Aberdeen, the Academia Sinica in Taiwan, Dr Robert...

Here at the London Pain Clinic, our Pain Consultants are all too aware that lower back pain often occurs alongside comorbidities (that is to say, other health disorders). These include: Musculoskeletal disorders (such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis) Cerebrovascular and cardiovascular conditions, and Diseases such as hypertension and lipid metabolism disorders Moreover, many of...

As our London Pain Clinic Doctors regularly explain: “headaches are a common condition that most people will experience many times during their lives. The main symptom of a headache is pain in your head or face. There are several types of headaches, & tension headaches are the most common. An while most headaches aren’t...

As our Pain Doctors regularly explain: “put simply, exercise is good for arthritis. Evidence comes in various levels but there is no doubt that people with arthritis can experience improvements in their condition & overall well-being by participating in regular, appropriate exercise. Osteoarthritis & rheumatoid arthritis can both be extremely debilitating with pain &...

As our Pain Doctors regularly explain: “Lower back pain is very common. It usually develops due to overuse or a minor injury, but sometimes there may be no obvious cause. Lower back pain can also be a symptom of an underlying medical condition” [1] Lower back pain may appear gradually or out of the...

As our Pain Doctors regularly explain, a Suprascapular nerve block (SSNB) is a safe and effective method to treat pain in chronic diseases that affect the shoulder. The technique consists of injecting anaesthetic in the supraspinatus fossa of affected shoulder, with the patient sitting down and upper limbs pending beside the body [1] Putting...

As our Pain Doctors regularly explain to patients: “chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is ongoing pain in the area of the prostate gland. CP/CPPS is the most common types of prostatitis. The prostate gland is part of the reproductive system for men. It sits just below the bladder and around the urethra. The...

Here at the London Pain Clinic, our renowned Pain Doctors have been successfully treating a broad range of pain conditions (subject to any contraindications). These conditions include: Nerve pain Neuropathy (peripheral neuropathy). This occurs when the peripheral nerves which are found outside the spinal cord and brain, become damaged. This disorder often generates pain,...