Understanding Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is a complex condition that can persist for months or even years. It can result from various underlying causes, such as injury, nerve damage, arthritis, or underlying medical conditions. Living with chronic pain can significantly impact your physical and emotional well-being, limiting your ability to perform daily activities and enjoy life to the fullest.
Our Approach to Chronic Pain Management
At Anderson Podiatry Center, we are dedicated to helping you effectively manage your chronic pain. Our experienced team of healthcare professionals adopts a multidisciplinary approach, combining the latest advancements in pain management techniques with compassionate care. Here’s how we can assist you in finding relief:
Comprehensive Evaluation: Our skilled practitioners will conduct a thorough evaluation of your medical history, perform a detailed physical examination, and may order diagnostic tests to understand the underlying cause of your chronic pain. This comprehensive assessment allows us to develop a personalized treatment plan.
Customized Treatment Plan: We believe in tailoring our treatment plans to address your unique needs and goals. Depending on the nature and severity of your chronic pain, our team may recommend a combination of the following approaches:
- Medication Management: We will work closely with you to develop an appropriate medication regimen that can help alleviate your pain and improve your overall comfort.
- Physical Therapy: Our skilled physical therapists will guide you through specialized exercises and rehabilitation techniques to strengthen muscles, increase flexibility, and reduce pain.
- Interventional Procedures: We offer a range of minimally invasive interventional procedures, such as nerve blocks, joint injections, or radiofrequency ablation, to target and alleviate specific sources of chronic pain.
- Complementary Therapies: We may incorporate complementary therapies like acupuncture, chiropractic care, or massage therapy to enhance pain relief and promote overall well-being.
- Psychological Support: Chronic pain often takes a toll on mental health. Our team may collaborate with psychologists or therapists to provide counseling, cognitive-behavioral therapy, or relaxation techniques to manage the emotional impact of chronic pain.
- Ongoing Care and Support: Our commitment to your well-being extends beyond the initial treatment. We will work closely with you to monitor your progress, make necessary adjustments to your treatment plan, and provide education and support to empower you in self-managing your chronic pain.
Next generation and conservative Treatments at our Chronic Pain Management Center
- Regenerative Therapies — Solutions that can help relieve pain and promote faster healing with little to no downtime.
- MLS Laser Treatment – This painless laser treatment is specifically designed to reduce inflammation, thereby reducing pain from conditions such as neuropathy, tendonitis, and arthritis.
- Nerve Decompression – Decompression surgery is a treatment for neuropathy that opens tight nerve tunnels, increasing the blood flow to the nerve and decreasing or eliminating the pain. The surgery takes about 30 to 40 minutes to perform in our Surgery Center.
- Resection Surgery – Resection surgery removes small nerve branches around the painful joint to decrease or eliminate the sensation of pain in that joint. It is much less risky than conventional surgery for joint replacement or fusion, and involves much less healing time. Our doctors have had remarkable results using this procedure and patient satisfaction is very high.
- Physical Therapy – We can use ultrasound to minimize scar tissue formation after surgery, as well as to reduce the inflammation of nerve tissue and tendonitis, and to increase the joint range of motion, all which can eliminate pain.
- Cortisone Injection – When injected into the area of the damaged nerve, cortisone helps it to function in a more normal state. It can offer permanent relief, but more often is temporary in nature.
- ESTIM – This new cutting edge treatment uses electrical energy to restore nerves to more normal nerve function, thus helping with pain, tingling, burning numbness and weakness.
- Compounding Creams – Another exciting treatment that uses compounded topical creams that are medicated to provide pain relief.
Don’t let chronic pain control your life any longer. Contact Anderson Podiatry Center today to schedule a consultation and take the first step towards effective chronic pain management. Our compassionate team is dedicated to helping you find relief, restore functionality, and improve your overall quality of life.