Atlas Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine, located on Park Avenue South in Manhattan
(@31st Street) in New York and on Millburn Avenue in Millburn, New
Jersey is a renowned pain treatment centre for
spinal cord injury pain management and spinal cord injury pain
treatment.
Pain is the most common problems after spinal cord injury. Acute
pain is common after a spinal cord injury (SCI). The spinal pain may
occur as a result of the damage to the spinal chord, or the pain
may occur from damage to other areas of the body at the time of
injury. It is also very common for many individuals with spinal
chord injury to experience chronic pain. The pain can occur in areas
where there is normal sensation, and it can occur in parts of the
body where there little or no feeling after injury. The pain is very
real and may have a huge impact on daily living.
The spine doctors of the Atlas Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine of New York can
reduce and most likely cure your spinal chord pain by providing pain
management, pharmacological, nonpharmacological, and other
approaches (including invasive procedures if necessary) to
prevent, reduce, or stop pain sensations. Of course, your pain
management and pain treatment will be specifically tailored to your
case.
The spine doctors of the
Atlas Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine of New York offers evaluation, treatment
and follow up for a wide range of pain conditions, including:
Disorders of the spine including cervical, thoracic, lumbar and disc
disease
Myofascial Pain Syndrome-trigger points
Post MVA-cervical strain
Radiculopathy-lumbar, cervical, thoracic
Peripheral nerve injury-shoulder,arm, hand, leg or foot
Complex regional pain syndrome (RSD or sympathetically maintained
pain)
Peripheral neuropathy
Diabetic neuropathy
Herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia
HIV related pain
Post amputation pain/phantom limb pain
Lumbar or cervical facet arthropathy
Sacroiliac joint pain
Abdominal pain
Facial pain-TMJ, neuromas (trauma), atypical facial pain
Central pain syndromes (after stroke)
Post spinal cord injury pain and spasticity
Headaches (vascular, cluster, paroxysmal hemicrania, mixed,
musculogenic, occipital neuralgia, cervicogenic)
Groin pain
Post surgical pain
Cancer pain
Traumatic head injuries
Cervical strain
Some treatment to manage and treat your spinal chord injury may
involve:
Nerve blockades and other anesthesia Injections - Patients
with spinal chord pain may be treated with any of several types of
regional anesthetic techniques, including: facet blocks, epidural
blocks, trigger point injections, botulinum toxin injections, nerve
blocks and neurolytic blocks . Some procedures may be performed
under x-ray guidance.
Medication management - Patients which spinal chord injury
pain may receive analgesics and other medications for symptoms
associated with a pain condition (e.g., depression). Patients who
are placed on potentially habit-forming medications may be expected
to comply with a written treatment contract that stipulates the
conditions by which those medications will be prescribed.
Implantable devices - Patients may be treated for their
spinal chord injury by using implantable devices for pain control.
These include dorsal column stimulators and implantable devices such
as intrathecal pumps.
The spine doctors and pain management specialists of Atlas Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine of Manhattan, New York and Millburn, New Jersey would be happy to see you for a consultation and
proper diagnosis of your spinal chord injury. Our spine doctors would
be help you learn about the treatment options available to you
for your spinal chord injury pain and help you treat and manage your
spinal chord injury condition.
