What is pain management?
Pain management is that area of medicine that deals with the attempt to manage pain. Physicians who practice pain management are most often found within the practices of Orthopedic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Osteopathy, or Anesthesiology. The treatments often involve a variety of modalities, but typically involve utilization of various prescribed pain medications, and sometimes injections and in the most severe cases, the implantation of nerve devices to attempt to control a patient’s pain, short of having to undergo some kind of anatomical revision such as a spine fusion.
Glossary of Pain Management Terms
Acute: Pain that can be intense but usually lasts for a short period of time, usually shorter than six months. It usually relates to a bodily injury (such as injury at work) and ends when the injury heals.
