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By Dr Rajesh Menon
05.06.23
Pain medicine

Chronic abdominal pain: What are the causes, and how is it treated?

Chronic abdominal pain, felt anywhere in the area between the thorax and the pelvis, is a concern that especially affects young adult women. Here to provide an expert insight into chronic abdominal pain, including causes and treatment, is Dr Rajesh Menon, renowned consultant in anaesthetics and pain management.

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By Dr Anthony Ordman
30.03.23
Pain medicine

What is CBD oil, and how does it help the body?

Here, Dr Anthony Ordman, a well-regarded London-based pain medicine specialist, talks to us about the appropriate dosage of CBD oil, as well as what conditions the oil helps patients manage.

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By Dr Rajesh Menon
27.03.23
Pain medicine

Lower back pain: your questions answered

The management for Lumbar Spinal Pain (LSP) is initially to make an accurate diagnosis and to rule out any red flags symptoms which warrant emergency treatment. A comprehensive treatment plan will then be developed with discussion between the patient and physician based on patient expectations. Available treatments are: • Education and explanation of disease process and prognosis. • Non-invasive methods: simple analgesics, specific nerve pain medications, physiotherapy and exercise (to strengthen the core muscles), and TENS trial. • Procedures: Injections around the nerve supplying the spinal joints (nerve root injection), epidurals, radiofrequency procedures and spinal column stimulators.

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By Dr Thomas Smith
23.03.23
Pain medicine

A specialist guide to pain management

Pain management is a speciality. Pain managment generally refers to chronic pain, pain that people have been experiencing for weeks or month, that there is not an immediate treatment for. There is difference between acute pain and chronic pain. Acute pain is the pain you feel when you have appendicitis, gallstones or a kidney stone or you break a bone. If you think about the pain, you know why it is there and if you treat the cause, the pain will go away.

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By Dr Rafik Sedra
20.02.23
Pain medicine

The causes and treatment of chronic neck pain

Statistics show how chronic neck pain is a common for people in the UK, with four in 10 people experiencing it.  But what are its causes? And what's the treatment? Leading consultant in pain medicine and anaesthesia Dr Rafik Sedra answers frequently-asked questions about this frequently-reported - and sometimes serious - condition. 

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By Dr Sandesha Kothari
30.01.23
Pain medicine

A Pelvic Pain Specialist’s guide to chronic pelvic pain in women

Chronic pelvic pain is felt in the lowest part of the abdomen. Here, Dr Sandesha Kothari, esteemed Consultant in Pain Medicine, provides an expert insight into chronic pelvic pain in women, including causes and treatment.

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By Dr Sumit Gulati
10.01.23
Pain medicine

An expert’s guide to radiofrequency denervation

Radiofrequency denervation is a pain treatment that kills or destroys nerve endings. In his latest article, renowned pain medicine consultant Dr Sumit Gulati explains this treatment, offering his expert advice to prospective patients.

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By Dr Anthony Ordman
22.11.22
Pain medicine

What is complex regional pain syndrome?

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a condition that can pause severe pain in the limbs, among many other symptoms. In his latest article, leading pain management specialist Dr Anthony Ordman offers his expert insight into this condition, including the causes and treatments,

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By Dr Roshan Thawale
08.11.22
Pain medicine

Shoulder pain: how is it treated non-surgically?

Leading consultant in anaesthetics and pain medicine Dr Roshan Thawale details various non-surgical treatment options for shoulder pain in this expert guide.

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By Dr Debajit Phukan
18.08.22
Pain medicine

Neck pain: everything you need to know

Neck pain is a condition that most of us experience at some point in our lives. In this informative interview, pain management specialist Dr Debajit Phukan tells us everything we need to know about neck pain, including the possible causes and treatments.

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