Pain-Wise: A Patient's Guide to Pain Management [1 ed.] 1578264081, 9781578264087, 1578264103, 9781578264100

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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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