Your customized treatment plan may consist of a single approach or
a combination of medications, therapies and procedures including:
- Antidepressants:
To alleviate pain in certain situations and improve sleep
- Antiinflammatory drugs:
asprin-like drugs, to reduce swelling in irritation and relieve
pain
- Antiseizure medications:
to relieve certain types of pain by reducing abnormal electrical
discharges in damaged nerves
- Biofeedback and relaxation techniques:
to relieve pain, reduce muscle spasms, and diminish stress
- Fluoroscopic procedures:
X-ray guided nerve blocks to relieve pain
- Injection treatments using local
anesthetics: with or without cortisone-like medicines
to reduce swelling, irritation, muscle spasms, or abnormal nerve
transmissions that can cause pain
- Implantable devices:
to provide continuous relief from chronic cancer pain and other
types of pain
- Intradiscal electrothermal coagulation:
to relieve back pain
- Myeloscopy: Treats
intractable radicular back pain
- Narcotic pain killers:
to treat acute pain and cancer pain
- Neurolytic techniques:
treatment of nerves with heat and/or cold
- Physical and occupational therapy:
also, exercise therapy, whirlpool, ultrasound, massage and manipulation
- Psychological intervention:
including individual and group counseling as well as support groups
- Spinal cord stimulation:
to manage chronic back pain, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, neuragias
and neuropathies, spasticity and vascular pain
- Surgical procedures:
when necessary
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve
Stimulation (TENS): to stimulate nerve fibers through
the skin to diminish pain
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