What does a Pain Management Specialist do

A pain management specialist is a physician who specializes on the treatment of pain. Well, it’s interesting because that’s a very vague answer. Pain itself is not a real diagnosis, it’s a perception. It’s associated with many medical diagnosis. So, a physician who treats pain has to understand the processes in the body and diseases…

Future Pain Management trends

I think there are a lot of exciting technologies in pain management. This is a field that is often seen as a field that is designed to just prescribe medications to help patients, but there is a lot more that we do. We really focus on multi-modal approach to patient care, which includes medication management…

Can Physical Therapy Help my Pain?

I think physical therapy is very important. I try to introduce physical therapy in almost every patient plan that I see especially the new patients. Now, the question is when to introduce physical therapy. Physical therapy during your very painful process may not be so helpful. But let’s say physical therapy after an epidural injection,…

Can I become addicted to pain medications

This video helps answer the question: Can I become addicted to pain medications? Addiction is probably interesting because one can become dependent on pain medications, meaning the body needs more and more pain medications and that’s something that only the physicians who are trained to prescribe these medications can try and avoid. Now, addiction is…