Pain Management: The Three Levels Of Management

Written By Unknown on jeudi 21 juin 2012 | 02:02

By Thelma Kent


One of the first things people think about when they have medical conditions in their life is the aches associated with a lot of them. Maybe not even medical but physical problems such as the back or shoulder aches we almost all have. The pain management Peabody patients need is available by the professionals who will deal with it in a stepped manner.

Physical therapy will be a part of the first level of that management. This will follow the anti inflammatory drugs that will begin the process of easing the aches you have. Exercise, rest and proper nutrition will be suggested during this basic level as well.

Level two maintenance will include the use of a TENS unit. This is an external unit that provides an electrical pulse to the affected areas of the body. This is simply a way of covering up the symptoms so that additional testing and treatments can be diagnosed and administered. Nerve blocks are another way of dealing with these symptoms and often provide relief for days, weeks and sometimes years.

Level three maintenance will see increasingly more complicated treatments coming into play. These will include spinal cord stimulators and, as a last resort, surgery. There are also pumping units that can keep a level of medications flowing and electrical signals that will help mask this in the end stages of cancer and other maladies.

The surgery can be attempted and might create an easier condition. There is a risk of failure on the the part of an invasive surgery such as this, however, many people feel it is acceptable. In all levels some of the treatments might not work for all people so caution is always the order of the day.

The most important element of pain management Peabody patients must adhere to is that communication with your medical manager must be followed up on at all times. The hurting that you are experiencing needs to be discussed as openly as possible for anything to be effective. Of course, your doctor's instructions must be followed, as much as possible, to the letter.




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