Comprehensive Spine and Pain

Here is your fact of the day! -Therapeutic Treatment Plan- That said, the patient should expect that all of the essential, required tests are done to explore the reasons for his or her chronic pain. The therapeutic treatment plan should include necessary documentation and a regular medical follow-up schedule. Pain management is not achieved in one doctor visit. Some patients in search of pain medicines are physically and emotionally addicted to these medicines. These patients... are not truthfully in search of a pain management provider relationship. For this reason, new patients must understand the care with which ethical physicians prescribe pain medications. #FOTD

Here is your fact of the day! -Pain Management Partnership- The patient expects his or her doctor to target the pain with a specific medicine or treatment. When that does not happen, the patient may become despondent and come to believe that nothing the doctor suggests will help. The patient may even change health care providers in search of finding the right doctor. Understandably, the patient needs relief, but switching providers can actually delay the abatement of pain h...e or she is desperately seeking. It is important for the patient to understand and expect some trial-and-error in the pain management relationship. Without the patient’s agreement to communicate openly and often with the provider, opportunities to achieve results may be lost. #FOTD

Here is your fact of the day! -Self-Advocacy- Many patients do not understand that the health care provider usually uses ‘best guess’ efforts when starting a pain management treatment plan. The doctor or specialist nurse might not know what the best treatments are for the patient. That is one of the best reasons to remember to speak up. Communication with your doctor is essential. For instance, some chronic conditions like fibromyalgia are poorly understood (but accepted as... the cause of chronic pain for many patients). Since doctors acknowledge their understanding of what causes fibromyalgia, it is challenging for the physician to treat or even expect to see actual treatment results. #FOTD

Here is your fact of the day! Chronic pain is usually defined by unabated pain that lasts at least three to six months. Although there are many varieties of chronic pain, such as lower back pain, some serious diseases such as heart disease, cancer or HIV/AIDS commonly coincide with or predispose the patient to chronic pain. Since the reasons for chronic pain are often unknown, treatment is frequently a frustrating experience for the patient and his or her doctor. #FOTD

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), estimating the numbers of people suffering from chronic pain (also known as Chronic Pain Syndrome, or CPS) is very challenging. A variety of research studies from The Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and others, estimate that millions of people of all ages suffer with constant, chronic pain. Compounding pharmacies helps patients and their doctors develop pain management therapeutic relationships.

Chronic pain is a little understood condition in which individuals experience pain that lasts longer than three to six months. Here are some myths that keep popping up about the condition.