Treating Pain Responsibly in Loudoun County

    LEESBURG, VA, August 18, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Statistics show that chronic pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined (Source: http://www.painmed.org/patientcenter/facts_on_pain.aspx).

These statistics indicate that treating pain is a major health concern and demonstrate the need for ethical, qualified and specialized practitioners in the field.

The term "pain management" is likely to conjure thoughts of dangerous medications and drug addiction. The mismanagement and over prescribing of addictive pain killers has certainly become a major problem in today's society making it no longer appropriate or appealing for your family practitioner to treat pain.

A relatively misunderstood and underutilized specialty called interventional pain management has emerged from the well-publicized opioid epidemic and the genuine need to responsibly and effectively treat pain.

The role of a good interventional pain management physician is to provide improved quality of life and enable patients to participate in activities such as; pick up their child, walk the dog and participate in physical therapy sessions for example.

An interventional pain management specialist could be a physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) physician or, as is the case at Newbridge Spine & Pain Center, a highly skilled, board certified anesthesiologist sub-specialized in pain management procedures and techniques.

There are many misconceptions about what an interventional pain management physician actually does and few people know the full scope of procedures available to responsibly and effectively treat pain.

Firstly, an interventional pain specialist does not just write prescriptions, in fact, this is at the bottom of their toolkit.

The interventional pain doctor performs procedures either in an office or ambulatory surgical center (ASC) setting.

These procedures range from a simple trigger point injection, epidural steroid injection, or a nerve block to radiofrequency ablation or spinal cord stimulation for example. Many of these procedures can help patients avoid an opioid or narcotic medication schedule altogether.

Learn more about interventional pain management at newbridgespine.com

Newbridge Spine & Pain Center is open 5 days a week and is located at 161 Fort Evans Rd NE, Suite 340, Leesburg VA 20176. View Doctor bios at http://newbridgespine.com/our-providers

Newbridge Spine & Pain Center doctors are board certified anesthesiologists sub-specialized in pain management. Newbridge has helped thousands of patients experience effective, long-lasting relief from acute and chronic pain. By incorporating powerful, sophisticated pain-relieving treatments into customized plans of care, our pain management experts provide patients with the ability to return to living an active and healthy lifestyle. Some of the many conditions we successfully treat include back and neck pain, spinal cord disorders, cancer pain, auto & work injuries, fibromyalgia, arthritic pain and many other painful conditions. Additional information is available at www.NewbridgeSpine.com.

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