Neuropathic Pain Management
INTRODUCTION:
We are one of the few centers that offer comprehensive neuropathy pain management. You do not have to go out of the State of Ohio to experience good quality neuropathy pain management.
Neuropathic pain which is characterized by numbing, tingling, burning , electrical shock-like sensation in your toes , feet and hands is one of the most difficult pain to manage and most often medications do not work effectively.
Have you experienced such pain after chemotherapy and all the large pain medication doses has not helped ?
Do you have diabetes ? Then I am sure you understand neuropathy pain very well ?
OUR TREATMENT
Our treatment protocol can relieve your pain and give you your life back.
STEPS INVOLVED.
-Comprehensive history and physical examination is performed on you by our fellowship trained, Board certified physician.
-Laboratory investigations: including blood and urine samples from you are run to identify any easily fixable conditions and for abnormalities in your body.
-Nerve studies we also conduct a comprehensive nerve evaluation to pin point the exact nerve damage.
We may also do CT scan, MRI , EMG studies if your condition dictates that.
Active Treatment:
When the underlying etiology is found, we may administer some nerve blocks which is dependent on the severity of your condition and then you will go through our electrical stimulation therapy protocol and most people after this therapy see significant improvement in their pain. They are able to sleep , walk and are thankful.
Follow up:
We may do a repeat nerve studies to objectively show your nerve function has improved.
