Integrative Medicine Pain Management
Pain management had its birth in anesthesiology, the medical discipline that relieves pain during surgery. Today, pain management is a subspecialty of anesthesiology where anesthesiology pain practitioners provide consultations and care for a wide variety of acute, chronic and cancer-related pain problems.
Integrative medicine is a relatively new term that implies a holistic approach to healthcare. It is based upon, and strongly embraces, the osteopathic and naturopathic concept that we possess a self-regulating, self-healing system that gives us a natural tendency toward healing. The human body has within itself – within certain limits – the capacity for repair and adaptation. As Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, the founder of osteopathy, suggests, “Within our body is a capacity for health. If this capacity is recognized and normalized, disease can be both prevented and treated.”
Integrated medicine pain management is a total patient-care philosophy incorporating conventional pain management techniques with alternative and complementary therapies for the relief of pain, the promotion of health and well being.
Conditions & Treatments
Integrative Medicine Pain Management may be helpful for the following conditions:
Conditions
- Pain with herniated/ruptured discs
- Pain in the arms and legs
- Back pain
- Muscle pain
- Pelvic pain
- Lingering post-operative pain
- Nerve or neuropathic pain
- Cancer pain
- Shingles
- Migraine headaches
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy or complex regional pain syndrome
Treatments
- Epidural injections
- Selectively placed nerve and join injections
- Neural therapy injections
- Radiofrequency neurolysis
- Prolotherapy
- Spinal cord Stimulation
- Implantable drug delivery systems
- Pain medications
- Acupuncture
- Movement therapies
- Mind-body integration therapies
- Mindfulness orientation
- Aquatic therapy
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Massage therapy
- Osteopathic manual therapies
- Chinese medicine
- Naturopathic medicines, including botanical and herbal medicines, vitamins and minerals and dietary supplements
- Behavioral medicine
- Health psychology
* Some procedures and Practices may not be covered by insurance.
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