Collin County Living Well Magazine March/April 2016 | Page 32

Relieving Your Pain with Pain Management
Courtesy Carrus
Specialty Hospital

According to Dr. Avinash Ramchandani,
Carrus Specialty Hospital’s Medical Director of Pain Management Services, there
are a variety of treatment options for people with chronic pain. It is Dr. Ramchandani’s goal to provide relief of pain symptoms in order to improve an individuals’
functioning level in their daily activities.
He states, “Often times, people can get
great pain relief from minimally invasive
procedures such as Epidurals, Facet Injections, Kyphoplasties, Spinal Cord Stimulators, Trigger Points and Joint Injections.
Medications are an adjunct for these procedures and should be given at the lowest
effective strength.”

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ain management is a branch of medicine designed to ease the suffering and
improve the quality of life and function of individuals living with chronic pain.
When an injury or pathology is resistant to
treatment, when the source of pain cannot
be identified, and when pain continues for
an extended period of time, Pain Management Services help individuals who are
suffering and allow individuals to function
more normally.
Every year, millions of Americans suffer
from chronic pain. The intensity may vary
between mild and sporadic to excruciating
and debilitating. Pain is often difficult to cure and it is often
treated under the direction of a pain management physician.
Chronic pain may be related to a number of medical conditions, previous trauma or injury. The most common sources
of pain are headaches, joints like the knee or shoulder, and
the neck and low back.

The concept behind most interventional procedures for
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