Pain Management — Top 6 Treatment Options

Whether your pain is a result of arthritis, cancer treatments, fibromyalgia or an old injury, you need to find a way to get your pain under control. The best approach to do that is to seek a pain specialist at a pain management clinic. Leading pain clinics, such as Premier Pain & Spine pain management clinic in Chicago offer several treatment options and a customized treatment plan.

Medications

There are various pain medications that are used to manage pain. Types of chronic pain medication used include –

· NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) — ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin

· Acetaminophen (Tylenol)

· Antidepressants, which can improve sleep and alleviate pain

· Steroids, like dexamethasone and prednisone, to alleviate inflammation and pain

Epidural Steroid Injections

Back pain is the top reason people go to doctors. Epidural steroid injections have been an important treatment option for people who have pain that radiates from the spine to a leg or an arm, caused by a herniated disc.

Chicago pain management clinic uses epidural steroid injections to deliver corticosteroid medication, with or without an anesthetic, into the epidural space around the spine to relieve back pain.

Nerve Blocks

A nerve block relieves pain by interrupting pain signals sent from a nerve to the brain, using a numbing agent. Nerve blocks may be used for –

· To determine the source of pain

· To treat painful conditions

· To treat chronic pain when drugs or other treatments do not control pain or cause bad side effects

Viscosupplementation for Arthritic Joints

A naturally occurring protein, Hyaluronate, that forms normally in the joints helps to lubricate and cushion the joints. In arthritis patients, this substance is insufficient. That is why pain medicine offers to supplement it from outside in the form of viscosupplementation.

There are several things that the Hyaluronate does in the body. It lubricates and cushions the joint, stimulates the joint to produce more naturally and discourage any inflammation.

Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty

Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty are special spinal treatment techniques to restore stabilization to the spine following a fracture-based injury.

Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty serve to provide relief to symptomatic pains patients may be experiencing while also supporting the recovery process of the fracture through solidifying the spine.

Joint Injections

Joint injections replace the lubricating and cushioning joint fluid so that the joints can function painlessly. The injections also reduce inflammation and swelling in the joint to reduce pain and irritation around or at the joint.

The injections deliver corticosteroids, a powerful medication, that works to reduce inflammation. It is not a pain reliever but rather it would reduce the inflammation which reduces the pressure and the pain.

To know more about pain management options and treatments in Chicago pain management clinic, call Premier Pain and Spine at 847–519–4701 or visit www.ppschicago.com.