The specialty uses non-surgical strategies to help control many forms of pain. Whether the pain has emerged following surgery or trauma or is being caused by a persistent pain disorder, a pain management specialist can help. Pain management recognises pain can have a multitude of different causes and can also be a condition in its own right. A pain management specialist can determine the approaches most likely to assist an individual situation, from specialised injection therapies or medications through to assisted self management techniques.
Pain management consultants work with a range of specialists across the hospital, and often patients are referred to a pain management consultant from orthopaedics, neurosurgery and spinal surgery.
Pain management treatments are not restricted to specific conditions but are an option for anyone suffering from unmanaged pain.
One of the most common causes of unmanaged pain is chronic musculoskeletal disorders such as back or neck pain, perhaps associated with radiating pain from an irritated or compressed neural tissue.
Private pain management treatments offered at Ross Hall Hospital for these conditions:
- Chronic headaches
- Chronic low back pain
- Headaches and migraines
- Head and neck pain
- Herniated discs
- Joint pain (facet & sacroiliac)
- Neuropathic pain
- Persistent post-surgical pain
- Post spinal surgery pain
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- Spinal pain/sciatica
Often, imaging will already have been undertaken from previous appointments, but your pain management consultant will be able to request any additional scans that might be required to assist a diagnosis and develop a treatment plan.
Treatments offered at Ross Hall Hospital include:
- Anti-inflammatory injections such as corticosteroid injections
- Nerve root block injections
- Pain killing medication (analgesics)
- Medication to reduce muscle tone in certain conditions
- Radiofrequency ablation for spinal pain
Pain management also includes some of the mental aspects that might be making pain feel worse, so Ross Hall Hospital provides support and guidance for anxiety and stress management.
Diagnosis, consultations and treatment will be tailored to you and be delivered under the leadership of your consultant, supported by the experienced multidisciplinary team at Ross Hall Hospital.