Nerve Pain
Comprehensive care for nerve pain.
While the exact number is unknown, many Americans — perhaps over 3 million — experience neuropathic pain. This type of pain results from a nervous system malfunction set off by nerve damage from diseases such as diabetes, trauma or toxic doses of drugs.
For years, neuropathic pain has baffled scientists. Traditional pain treatments, including powerful medications such as morphine, rarely help. Descriptions of neuropathic pain by people who have it typically include words such as “burning,” “shooting,” “stabbing” or “electric-like” and not “aching” or “crushing.” The distribution of that pain is along the course of a particular peripheral nerve or a group of nerves of similar length.
Starting in 1988, researchers began to identify animal models that mimic the clinical signs of the ailment. For example, one rat model with nerve injuries has a super-sensitive reaction to a hair tapped on its hindpaw. The rat will quickly jerk away. Some people with neuropathic pain experience a similar reaction. For them, the tickle of a hair can translate into a long-lasting, burning pain.
Here at The Spine Diagnostic & Pain Treatment Center, we have an on-site physiatrist, a doctor who specializes in physical medicine, who has special expertise in conducting electrodiagnostic studies that test for nerve damage. Once our experts at The Spine Diaganostic & Pain Treatment Center discover the root of your pain problem, our fellowship-trained, double-board-certified anesthesiologists and Pain Management Specialists can offer you a variety of treatments to help reduce neuropathic pain. Our comprehensive care includes sympathetic blocks, spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal pumps.
For more information on nerve pain relief or to schedule an appointment, call our office nearest you today.
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Nerve Pain
Comprehensive care for nerve pain.
While the exact number is unknown, many Americans — perhaps over 3 million — experience neuropathic pain. This type of pain results from a nervous system malfunction set off by nerve damage from diseases such as diabetes, trauma or toxic doses of drugs.
For years, neuropathic pain has baffled scientists. Traditional pain treatments, including powerful medications such as morphine, rarely help. Descriptions of neuropathic pain by people who have it typically include words such as “burning,” “shooting,” “stabbing” or “electric-like” and not “aching” or “crushing.” The distribution of that pain is along the course of a particular peripheral nerve or a group of nerves of similar length.
Starting in 1988, researchers began to identify animal models that mimic the clinical signs of the ailment. For example, one rat model with nerve injuries has a super-sensitive reaction to a hair tapped on its hindpaw. The rat will quickly jerk away. Some people with neuropathic pain experience a similar reaction. For them, the tickle of a hair can translate into a long-lasting, burning pain.
Here at The Spine Diagnostic & Pain Treatment Center, we have an on-site physiatrist, a doctor who specializes in physical medicine, who has special expertise in conducting electrodiagnostic studies that test for nerve damage. Once our experts at The Spine Diaganostic & Pain Treatment Center discover the root of your pain problem, our fellowship-trained, double-board-certified anesthesiologists and Pain Management Specialists can offer you a variety of treatments to help reduce neuropathic pain. Our comprehensive care includes sympathetic blocks, spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal pumps.
For more information on nerve pain relief or to schedule an appointment, call our office nearest you today.
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