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Pain can be either acute resulting from surgery, recent injury or medical illness. This form of pain can usually be managed immediately and may last only a short duration of time. If pain persists after the initial healing period has elapsed it is termed Chronic Pain. Some of the more common pain conditions are for arthritis, neck and lower back pain, nerve pain, headaches, post surgical arthroscopy and joint replacements Pain management may include various classes of medication, a wide variety of anti-inflammatory drugs both non steroidal i.e. Celebrex, Motrin and or steroidal drugs such as Prednisone and Cortisol are available. The use of Opiod drugs, which are morphine like, may be considered when appropriate as well as anti depressants, anti seizure, and anti anxiety. These can be used in conjunction with various physical therapy modalities.Medication alone may not be sufficient to manage your pain and injection treatments of local anesthetics with or without cortisone like medicine can be injected into muscles, joints and or around nerves. These medicines reduce swelling, irritation, muscle spasms and abnormal nerve activity that cause pain. Our office will work in conjunction with anesthesiologists when the need may arise for nerve blocks, which use local anesthetics and or epidural injections, which use steroid medications. In some instances when the patient does not respond surgical treatment may be recommended.


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There are many options for Pain Managment which may include:

Iontopherisis
Injections
Hybresis
Synvisc
Therapy
Medication

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