The Pain Management Center is staffed by three board-certified anesthesiologists, a psychologist, four physical therapists and nurses specially trained in pain management. Patients are seen at the Center for Advanced Medicine.
Because persistent pain is most likely a symptom of an underlying disease, patients must be thoroughly evaluated by their own physicians, who then refer them to The Pain Management Center.
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Pain Management Center
Chronic pain can lead to loss of employment and income, to depression, fear, isolation and anxiety. The Pain Management Center offers hope and a supportive environment for people suffering from debilitating pain.
The center treats all kinds of pain, including back, neck, arm or leg pain, headaches, arthritis, herniations, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), nerve damage, complex neurological problems, neuropathies, muscle disorders, muscular strains, and pain resulting from cancer and injuries.
Because chronic pain is a complex problem, the center takes a multidisciplinary approach in devising patient treatment plans, which may include the following:
Medical Management of Pain
Basic treatment plans incorporate medications to help relieve pain and its associated problems, such as sleep disorders, anxiety, depression and frustration. Medical treatments may include injections of specific nerves for both diagnoses and pain-blocking, radiofrequency neuroblation, spinal cord stimulators and implantable morphine infusion pumps.
Relaxation / Biofeedback Therapies
A psychologist introduces patients to relaxation therapy, biofeedback, self-hypnosis and stress management techniques to help them learn to control pain and its associated symptoms by themselves.
Physical Therapy
Physical therapists evaluate patients for muscle weakness, muscle tightness and movement problems that contribute to pain, then individually tailor exercise programs to help reduce pain and increase activity levels.
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