Pain Management
Pain is a discomfort signal that tells you to pay attention. It lets you know if ‘something is wrong in the body’. Pain can be of a short duration of fewer than 3 months – Acute pain or long duration of more than 3 months – Chronic pain.
Acute pain is caused due to injury, trauma or immediate post-surgery and can be treated in many ways. Usually, this type of pain will decrease when the source is identified or likewise treated.
Chronic pain lasts for a longer duration in spite of regular treatment. IASP (International Association for Study of Pain) explains that chronic pain is not only a symptom but a Disease and must be treated accordingly which is why we have developed a pain management clinic for chronic pain under the guidance of Dr. Pragati Arora Trivedi.
Common pain conditions treated at PHC are:
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Neck Pain
- Myofascial Pain
- Slipped Disc
- Fibromyalgia
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Cancer Related Pain
- Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
- Rib Fracture Pain, etc.
Other parameters of pain management clinic:
- Post Operative Pain Management
- Labour Analgesia (painless labour)
Back pain, slip disc, neck pain or post-surgical spine pain:
Patients with back pain with or without numbness can be treated with pain management non-surgical treatments like Transforaminal Steroid Injection, Radiofrequency Ablation or Percutaneous Discectomy. It is good for patients who are looking for an alternative to surgery, is not fit for surgery, etc. These procedures can help in quick rehabilitation post-treatment.
Myofascial Pain (muscle pain):
Simple treatments like Dry Needling, Trigger Point Injections can immediately help the patients.
Cancer pain:
Cancer patients suffer due to the disease, sometimes surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Pain management helps them to improve their quality of life by giving pain relief through Counseling, Medication, Stellate Ganglion Block, Celiac Plexus Block, Superior Hypogastric Plexus Block, etc.
Nerve pain, Neuralgia or Neuropathy:
Patients having nerve pain either due to infection, trauma or tumour can be treated with Nerve Blocks, Radiofrequency Ablation, etc. These are simple procedures which give a better quality of life to the patients.
Headache especially resistant:
Headache patients who do not respond to medications can be managed with Nerve Blocks, Radiofrequency Ablation or Peripheral Nerve stimulators.
Procedures performed at PHC:
- Transforaminal / Nerve Root Injection
- Facet Joint Block
- Ozone Therapy
- Sacroiliac Joint Injection
- Cervical / Lumbar Epidural Injection
- Intercostal Block
- Decompression Discectomy
- Pyriformis Injection
- Endoscopic Disc Removal, etc.
Advantages:
- Simple daycare non-surgical procedures.
- Do not need any special preparation
- Done under local anaesthesia
- Almost immediate post-procedure recovery
- Patient ready for rehabilitation within a day
Facilities available at PHC:
- OPD Consultation
- Fully Equipped Operation Theatre with Monitoring
- C–arm Fluoroscopy Guidance
- Counselling
