Interventional medicine offers benefits, new hope for those with acute or chronic pain
Years ago, patients suffering from acute or chronic pain had limited choices when it came to relief.
(prHWY.com) November 1, 2012 - Barrington, NH -- Barrington NH, October 19--Years ago, patients suffering from acute or chronic pain had limited choices when it came to relief. But new treatments in a category called interventional medicine are changing the way doctors are treating pain as they improve quality of life for their patients.
"Narcotics and other traditional pain medicines still play a vital role in the treatment of pain," said Dr. Manuel Sanchez, a board certified pain specialist at Interventional Spine Medicine. But a group of treatments in the spine med category give us new tools. One spine med example is the use of a
spinal cord stimulator (SCS) that, when attached to nerves in the spine, can give significant, long-lasting relief from chronic back pain," he said.
SCS interventional medicine doesn't work for everyone, but those who undergo the procedure report overall pain reduction in the 50% to 70% range. That's sufficient for many patients to go back to normal family and work activities. Many are also able to reduce the level of narcotic painkillers and other pain medicines they were taking.
There are already dozens of vital
interventional medicine treatments that are available to patients with acute and chronic pain and more are becoming available. "Our job is to stay at the leading edge of interventional medicine to give our patients the most effective spine med treatments possible," Dr. Sanchez said.
About Interventional Spine Medicine
Interventional Spine Medicine has four offices for the treatment of pain care in New Hampshire. They include Barrington, Gilford, Rye and Plaistow. In addition to using interventional medicine to treat lower back pain, chronic pain and hip pain, the pain management doctors at Interventional Spine Medicine utilize advanced treatments, including radiofrequency lesioning, trigger point injections, spinal cord stimulator (SCS) and many others. Every patient is under the close and watchful care of a certified pain specialist and each of the physicians are board certified pain management doctors. They include Dr. Manuel Sanchez, Dr. Jan Slezak, Dr. Asteghik Hacobian and Dr. George Lantz. For more information about the pain care NH practice of Interventional Spine Medicine visit:
http://www.nhpain.com
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