Pain-Wise: A Patient's Guide to Pain Management

Pain-Wise: A Patient's Guide to Pain Management

Pain-Wise: A Patient's Guide to Pain Management

Pain-Wise: A Patient's Guide to Pain Management

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Overview

Chronic pain doesn't have to be a life sentence with this accessible guide to pain management and treatment—from identifying your problem areas to finding the right specialist

Suffering from chronic pain can be incredibly isolating and frustrating. Visiting doctor after doctor can leave you feeling as if there is no treatment for your pain. If you or a loved one is suffering from chronic pain, this book can be a first step to understanding treatments that can help manage pain.

Though doctors have tried to treat patients in pain throughout history, more recently, focused training and certification in pain medicine has resulted in the emergence of a new specialty designed to help people suffering from chronic pain.

Pain-Wise also includes expert advice on:

• Identifying what parts of your body are in pain, using a simple anatomy guide
• How to choose a pain specialist that is right for you
• Getting the most out of your doctor’s visits
• Basic explanations of common interventional pain management techniques
• How to follow-up on treatment

Written by three doctors with years of experience in pain management, Pain-Wise is a patient’s guide to simplifying the confusing and often overwhelming process of finding treatment for chronic pain. It will teach you the basics of how pain works, explain different interventional pain therapies in layman’s terms, and help you find a doctor that can manage, and potentially relieve, your chronic suffering.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781578264100
Publisher: Hatherleigh Press
Publication date: 11/22/2011
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format: eBook
Pages: 160
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

David Kloth, M.D. is an anesthesiologist specializing in pain management. Dr. Kloth founded Connecticut Pain Care, where he continues to serve as the President and Medical Director and is the Founder and Executive Director of the Connecticut Pain Society. He now serves as an examiner for the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians.

Andrea Trescot, M.D. is a Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice and an examiner for the World Institute of Pain. Dr. Trescot has 20 years of experience as a pain clinic Director in private practice. For more information about Dr. Trescot, visit www.drtrescot.com.

Francis Riegler, M.D. M.B.A. is President of the California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians as well as President and Co-Founder of Universal Pain Management. Dr. Riegler currently lectures resident and fellow physicians about healthcare economics.

Table of Contents

Introduction v

1 A Brief History of Pain Medicine 1

2 Not All Pain Physicians Are the Same: 5

Choosing the Right Physician for Your Problem 6

3 What to Expect from Interventional Pain Management 11

4 Anatomy: An Explanation of the Parts of You That You Can't See in the Mirror 15

5 Diagnostic Testing: 19

Radiology: A Look Inside the Body 20

Electrodiaynostic Medicine: More Tests to Complete the Picture 23

6 Comprehensive Pain Therapy: Other Pieces of the Puzzle 25

7 Medications: So Much More than Just Pain Pills 29

8 Trigger Point Injections: Treating Tight and Restricted Muscles 43

9 Peripheral Nerve Blocks: Injections in Other Places and Spaces 47

10 Epidural Injections: Not Just for Childbirth 53

11 Facet Injections: Treating Arthritis of the Spine 61

12 Sacroiliac Injections: Another Common Cause of Back Pain 67

13 Radiofrequency Ablation and Cryoneuroablation: Making the Pain Stay Away 69

14 Adhesiolysis: Washing Away the Scar Tissue 71

15 Regenerative Therapy: Rebuilding the Body's Normal Tissue 75

16 Discography: A Better Look at Your Discs 79

17 Minimally Invasive Disc Surgery: When Less Is More 83

18 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: One Small Nerve Causing Big Problems 89

19 Post-Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN): Early Treatment Is the Key to Success 95

20 Implantable Techniques 99

Spinal Cord Stimulation 99

Spinal Drug Delivery Systems 102

Peripheral Nerve/Field Stimulation 106

21 Cancer Pain: Effective Control Is Usually Possible 109

22 Insurance: Copays, Coinsurance, Deductibles, Oh My! 115

23 Workers' Compensation: How It Works and What to Do If It Doesn't 121

24 Conclusion 125

Glossary 126

Online Resources 143

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