PAIN MANAGEMENT
Our clinic will be accepting new patients with both acute painful conditions and those suffering from chronic pain. Our team of professionals is dedicated to providing the highest quality care to help alleviate your pain and improve your quality of life. Although there is no cure for chronic pain, it can be more manageable with the guidance of a physical medicine and rehab physician. We encourage you to reach out to us to schedule an appointment and take the first step towards a more comfortable life.
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If you are a new patient and have an appointment scheduled for chronic pain management, I encourage you to prepare by reading the menu items above. Starting off with an organized plan can maximize your success.
TYPES OF PAIN
TERMS
ALLODYNIA
Pain due to a stimulus that does not normally provoke pain.
ANALGESIA
Absence of pain in response to stimulation which would normally be painful.
CAUSALGIA
Syndrome of sustained burning pain, allodynia, and hyperpathia after a traumatic nerve lesion.
DYSESTHESIA
An unpleasant abnormal sensation, whether spontaneous or evoked.
HYPERALGESIA
Increased pain from a stimulus that normally provokes pain.
HYPERESTHESIA
Increased sensitivity to stimulation, excluding the special senses.
HYPERPATHIA
A painful syndrome characterized by an abnormally painful reaction to a stimulus.
HYPOALGESIA
Diminished pain in response to a normally painful stimulus.
HYPOESTHESIA
Decreased sensitivity to stimulation, excluding the special senses.
INTERDISCIPLINARY
Multiple specialists working together at once, as a team, such as an inpatient rehab facility.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Multiple specialists treating the same patient, but treating at separate facilities.
MULTIMODAL
Concurrent use of separate therapeutic interventions with different mechanisms of actions.
NEURALGIA
Pain in the distribution of a nerve or nerves.
NEURITIS
Pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system.
NEUROPATHIC PAIN
Pain from lesion or disease in nervous system - may be felt in areas with no tissue damage.
NOCICEPTIVE PAIN
Pain from actual damage to non-neural tissue and is due to the activation of nociceptors.
PARESTHESIA
An abnormal sensation, whether spontaneous or evoked.
UNIMODAL
Single therapeutic intervention directed at a specific pain mechanism or pain diagnosis.
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