Pacific Pain Care, Corona Physician Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee Shares the Basics of Interventional Pain Management for Spinal Issues

CORONA, Calif., November 15, 2018 (Newswire.com) - Sharing her experience about the pain management, Rachel is slowly losing her faith and is thinking about being on the bed for long periods of time. This is because Rachel is tired of the chronic pain in her back that stops her from doing even the most basic tasks such as cooking or cleaning the house. Rachel has been living with the chronic pain for many years and admits that her job loss was a direct result of the pain. Most doctors have told Rachel to learn to live with the pain.

What Rachel doesn’t realize is that there is a ray of hope for her, i.e., interventional pain management. Recently, Pacific Pain Care, Corona Physician Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee opened up about this unique technique and offered some information that would help patients like Rachel to realize that their lives are not limited to endless pain.

Starting with the basics, Corona Physician Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee said, “If you are dealing with chronic pain in your back or spine area due to an illness, injury or surgery, you need to consult with a pain management specialist. Pain management specialists are highly qualified doctors who dedicate their lives to reducing patient’s pain that doesn’t go away on its own. Pain management specialists are the only ones who will guide you on how to reduce or eliminate pain even when other doctors advise you to learn to live with the pain. Pain management specialists will find a way to reduce the pain and, in most cases, the answer would be interventional pain management.”

Explaining what interventional pain management is, Corona Physician Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee said, “It is a traditional medical treatment approach in which pain management experts decide upon and make use of minimally invasive medical procedures to ensure that the transmission of pain filled messages by the nervous system that are sent from nerve endings to your brain are interrupted. The goal of this proven method of pain relief is to ensure that a patient feels minimal pain, discomfort and can restore the use of the affected area, for example, the spine.”

Highlighting the factors that need to be considered when opting for interventional pain management, Corona Physician Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee said “If a qualified pain management specialist is handling your case, he or she will follow a highly individualized approach. In this approach, the expert will try to find out how you describe the pain, how much pain you can tolerate and how much pain you usually have to bear on a daily basis. A qualified pain management specialist will know that no two patients are alike when it comes to pain management and hence will ensure that you get the attention and care you need to fight the pain.”

Talking about interventional spine procedures,Pacific Pain Care, Corona Physician Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee said “Interventional spine procedures, as the name suggests are minimally invasive procedures aimed at helping a patient get relief from chronic spinal related pain. Many of these procedures are non-surgical, and so they are preferred by people who don’t want to undergo a surgical procedure. These procedures are often effective and ensure that the patient has minimal downtime which means that you can do your job or go about your day to day business without much interruption.”

Naming a few interventional spine procedures that are being adopted by pain management experts, Pacific Pain Care, Corona Physician Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee said “Though pain management experts are constantly finding new ways of helping the patients, some of the most widely used methods are Therapeutic Injections and Nerve Blocks, Caudal Epidural with Catheter Placement, Discogram, Nucleoplasty, Radiofrequency Ablation, IDET Procedure, DuPen Permanent Epidural, Vertebroplasty, Intrathecal Infusion Pumps, Percutaneous Disc Decompression and Spinal Cord Stimulation among others.”

Sharing the names of conditions in which interventional pain management techniques are used by pain management experts, Corona Physician Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee said “People who suffer from Spinal Stenosis, Spinal stenosis caused by rheumatoid arthritis, Scoliosis, Compression fractures, Herniated discs, Recurrent pain in an area of prior surgery, Spondylolisthesis often undergo interventional spine procedures. In many cases, people who suffer from a failed back surgery are also considered good candidates by the pain management experts.”

Shedding light on the role of a pain management expert during and after the adoption of interventional pain management techniques, Corona Physician Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee said “In most cases, you will get in touch with the pain management specialist when your surgeon recommends one. The pain management expert would analyze your pain levels and decide which interventional pain management methods might work for you. Always remember that it is quite unlikely that the first attempt would be a success as interventional pain management includes many trial and errors before a perfect pain management plan is devised. Your pain management specialist will also ensure that the risks associated with interventional pain management are kept in check by monitoring you constantly. As a patient, the only thing you need to do is be honest with your pain management expert, and everything will be okay.”

Source: Pacific Pain Care