Pain
Management
Importance of Pain
Management
One of the most
distressing symptoms
of any disease is
PAIN. However, many
people do not report
their pain or seek
treatment for it. The
pain may be
short-lived or long
lasting, mild or
severe, and have a
variety of different
causes. Each
patient’s pain is
unique. Therefore,
patients must have a
treatment plan that
addresses their
individual needs
depending on their
type of pain. The
more you know about
your pain, the more
you can help your
caregivers plan the
best treatment for
you.
Pain management is
one of the most
important aspects of
care for lower back
pain sufferer. As
with all health care
issues, get
qualified medical
opinion regarding any
suggested treatments.
Pain management is a
medical specialty.
You have the right to
obtain an opinion
from a physician who
specializes in pain
management if your
own physician seems
unable or unwilling
to provide adequate
control for your
pain.
Neck Pain
Four of five adults
experience
significant back or
neck pain during
their lives. In fact,
back pain is the
fifth leading cause
of visits to doctors
in the U.S. But with
the right care, about
90% of back pain
patients improve
within four to six
weeks
When
you get injured or have surgery, you expect
to hurt for a while, but you know that in
time, you'll heal and the pain will leave.
If you have a medical condition — from
arthritis to heart disease to shingles — you
recognize discomfort as a symptom and trust
that treatment will help. While you wait for
your body to mend, pain medication provides
relief.
Chronic Back Pain
Chronic pain is different. Sometimes, it's
an aftereffect of an injury that appears to
have healed. Sometimes, it's a lingering
symptom of a past illness. And in some
cases, chronic pain develops out of the
blue, with no link to trauma or disease.
However you try to explain it, chronic pain
is something of a mystery. Tests and
examinations may uncover nothing abnormal,
but your body's distress is real.
Over time, physical pain takes an emotional
toll, making your body hurt even more.
Anxiety magnifies unpleasant sensations, and
sleep problems leave you feeling weak and
helpless.
When you have
chronic pain, it can dominate your thinking,
sometimes in ways that aren't obvious. To
become informed about your condition, for
instance, you may spend a lot of time
monitoring pain-related publications and
Internet newsgroups. Of course it's
important to understand what's happening to
your body and perhaps connect with people
who have similar problems. But constantly
reading and talking about pain keeps you
focused on what's wrong when you could be
finding ways to build on everything that's
still right.
Persistence,
poor response to treatment, unknown cause,
sleep disruption and emotional fallout —
these are the hallmarks of chronic pain. And
the longer you've had it, the less likely it
will be to disappear, whatever you do. But
chronic pain doesn't have to rule your life.
Pain Management
Our approach
promotes comprehensive treatment that
addresses physical, as well as emotional
aspects that encompass chronic back pain
conditions. We will help find the best
treatment for pain control so that our
patients can experience the best possible
quality of life.
Pain management is a growing field that uses
techniques from many different branches of
medicine to control pain and improve the
quality of life for chronic pain sufferers.
The blending of many different treatment
approaches creates the best balance of
medications, activity management, and
injection techniques to minimize your pain
and increase your quality of life.
Pain Management Techniques
Our experienced staff of medical
professionals are skilled in the latest
techniques and medical procedures for pain
management and have access to sophisticated
diagnostic equipment in the medical
community for pain management in Houston
and San Antonio. We are specialists
in pain evaluation and pain management. You
can trust our professional staff of nurses
and administrative assistants to handle your
injury with care to ensure your safety and
well-being. At The
Highland Pain Institute
we want you to know that we are here to
serve you in any way we can for your pain
management.
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