What is Chronic pain?

International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with or resembling that associated with actual or potential tissue damage”. As mentioned persistent pain is bound to have an adverse effect on both the social and psychological well-being of a person.

Why do I need to know about Chronic Pain?

Any pain if allowed to persist for long (for a period of more than 3 months) results in chronic pain. Chronic pain is always difficult to treat with traditional methods as it is unresponsive or at the max partially responsive to over-the-counter available pain medications. Further chronic use of these pain medications is documented to have an adverse effect on the heart, kidney, and other vital organs of our body.

What Causes Chronic Pain?

• Headache disorders like Migraine, Cervicogenic headaches, Cluster headache, etc.
• Neck pain conditions like spondylosis, disc degeneration, disc prolapse, facetogenic pain, etc.
• Low back pain like disc prolapse, disc disruption, facet arthropathy, canal stenosis, etc.
• Neuropathic pain conditions like diabetic neuropathy, Complex regional pain syndromes ( CRPS), Postherpetic Neuralgia, etc.
• Knee pain conditions like osteoarthritis, ligament tears, menisco-femoral injuries, etc.
• And numerous other etiological when allowed to persist beyond certain periods of time can result in the development of chronic pains

Will I be able to get rid of my Chronic Pains?

Yes sure. “Where there is a will, there is a way”.
The goal of treatment of chronic pain conditions includes minimal dependence on over-the-counter pain medications with the maximal improvement of the patient’s social and psychological well-being. Interventional pain management is the latest branch of allopathic medicine that involves using a multi-disciplinary approach aimed at treating chronic pain conditions.

Treatment options include prolotherapy,  regenerative therapy, biologics which aim at helping in the regrowth of degenerated joints and tissues, nerve blocks to deal with neuropathic pain disorders, neuromodulation techniques for the treatment of chronic pain disorders refractory to other modes of treatments.