Free Health Dissertations - The Invasive Pain Management Techniques Involve Using Devices And
The invasive pain management techniques involve using devices and instruments into the body such as injections. Some of the common methods of invasion on the body used as pain management techniques are using injections in which a steroid or anaesthetic is directly delivered to a nerve and provide temporary relief to pain. Certain surgically implanted devices such as spinal cord stimulators and peripheral nerve stimulators are used for pain management. In some cases a specialized device is used to produce heat to deaden the sensation of a painful nerve and this method is called Radiofrequency radioablation (Gupta, 2005).
However there are several alternative pain management techniques and pain is one of the most common reasons of using complementary and alternative medicine or CAM. In a recent survey by the NCCAM, 16.8% of adults used CAM to treat back pain, 6.6% for neck pain, 4.9% for arthritis, 4.9% for joint pain, 3.1% for headache and 2.4% used CAM to treat recurring pain of unknown cause. One of the alternative forms of pain management is traditional Chinese herbal medicine and according to this method pain is a blockage in electrical resistance or stagnation of blood and inhibits metabolism through dehydration. Acupuncture is considered more effective for non traumatic dull pain than for acute traumatic pain.
Modern method of pain treatment and management stresses on holistic methods that are multidisciplinary and involve the application of a variety of drugs as also physical and psychosocial interventions including exercise and behavioral therapy. Pain therapy is given to patients with both chronic and acute pain and usually a medicine or drug is applied followed by other forms of therapy. In this essay we would discuss pain management from various perspectives and include the importance of relaxation, exercise, cognitive behavioral therapy, client centered approach, art and group dynamics as effective pain management techniques.
