The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as a sensory and emotional response to actual or perceived tissue injury. Pain may manifest itself as aches, numbness, stiffness, burning and other irritating sensations. Pain management deals with finding ways to provide relief from pain.

Treating Pain

Patients may suffer from acute or traumatic pain, as well as chronic pain. While acute pain can be considerably and more quickly relieved once the underlying problem is identified and treated, chronic pain, which may be a symptom of some debilitating disease, is more difficult to diagnose and treat.

The treatment of pain involves addressing both the sensory and emotional components of pain. Chronic pain management treatment schedules require the services of practitioners belonging to different branches of medicine. Pharmacologic, as well as non-pharmacologic procedures, psychological approaches, all may become necessary. The decreased self-worth, anxiety and depression caused by pain are best treated by a psychologist / psychiatrist with cognitive and behavioral therapies and biofeedback. The sensory component of pain is treated with chiropractic and physical therapies, medications, routine injections such as trigger point and epidural injections, and advanced interventional therapies.

Manage Pain Effectively with HealthQuest

Our pain management techniques include:

• Exercise
• Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
• Manual Techniques
• Administration of analgesics, NSAIDs, narcotic medications, muscle relaxants, and anti-convulsants and antidepressants
• Radiofrequency radio ablation
• Surgically implanted electrotherapy devices
• Prolotherapy
• Injections