Outcome Measurements in Pain Medicine
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The measurement of health is central to the evaluation of health care. Until the first part of the 20th century, health was defined as the absence…
Physical Modalities, Orthoses, and Assistive Devices
PHYSICAL MODALITIES Print Section Listen Modalities are commonly used to produce a response in tissues and include heat, water, cold, sound, and electricity. These modalities should not be used as…
Acupuncture
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen There has been growing interest in the West about the application of acupuncture to control pain since President Nixon’s well-publicized trip to China in 1971. The…
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The objectives of this chapter are to review the literature for articles about skilled therapy services applied to treat painful conditions; report primary outcomes of therapy…
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Sleep Disorders in the Pain Patient
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The physician treating either pain or sleep disorders is familiar with the comorbidity of complaints in the two domains. Inasmuch as sleep disturbances and pain each…
How to Manage a Pain Practice
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen A well-managed pain management center is more than an economically successful pain clinic; it also provides high-quality multidisciplinary care that meets the changing needs of today’s…
Lifestyle Choices in the Management of Chronic Pain
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In this chapter we will discuss the role of various factors associated with particular lifestyle choices in the management of chronic pain. Lifestyle choices will be…
Radiation and Imaging Radiation Safety for the Pain Specialist
NOTE Print Section Listen * This chapter is dedicated to the memory of our dear colleague Howard Smith who was a trusted friend, a renaissance clinician trained in multiple fields…
Destructive Neurosurgical Procedures for Treatment of Chronic Pain
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Destructive interventions on the nervous system are a valuable method to obtain control of otherwise intractable pain. Before the relatively recent development of augmentative techniques, such…
Spinal Injections (Including Epidural Steroids and Medial Branch Blocks)
OVERVIEW Print Section Listen Spinal injections have been performed for many years, most often for the management of axial, paraspinal, and radicular pain. They have evolved over the years with…
