Pain Management

Pain Management

Overview

Restoring quality of life by reducing pain

The advances in medical science in the past decade has made early diagnosis treatment and recovery of various medical conditions possible. However, there are certain conditions which cannot be cured, and patients keep on suffering in pain. The specialisation of chronic pain helps to specially target these patients by reducing pain, the chronic pain treatment options help to improve the quality of life and activity of daily living of the patients and their loved ones.

Our Pain Management clinic at Bhaktivedanta Hospital is the first of its kind in North Mumbai which uses multidisciplinary approach in treating patients with chronic pain by offering minimally invasive procedure commonly preferred to as Pain Blocks.

At our clinic, each patient is evaluated by history and thorough clinical examination and explained about the various treatment options where pain can be treated non- surgically. It is a interdisciplinary clinic where all therapies for physical, emotional and cognitive components of pain are addressed to as chronic pain is not purely physical, it is Biopsychosocial Phenomenon.

We are the only institution in North Mumbai managing pain non-surgically that improves patients’ quality of life suffering from chronic pain. The clinic treats all types of pain from lower back pain to cancer pain.

Why Choose Us

  • First Pain Management Clinic In North Mumbai specially dedicated for patients in Pain.
  • In depth individual patient evaluation qualified doctor and multidisciplinary treatment options
  • All our procedure techniques are with precision as they are done under fluoroscopy or ultrasound guidance.
  • We offer radiofrequency ablation procedures for chronic spine pain, Trigeminal neuralgia etc.
  • An Interdisciplinary team of Oncologists, onco surgeons, palliative physician with palliative care team ( Nurses, Nutritionists) and a dedicated onco physiotherapist to reduce the pain and suffering of Cancer patients. 
  • We treat pain non- surgically using minimally invasive spine procedure
  • We offer treatment from basic pain procedures like trigger point infection to advanced pain procedures like  Neuromodulation  techniques.
    • We offer all kinds of regenerative medicine procedures including Platelet rich plasma therapy ( PRP’s) for chronic knee rotator cut tears, arthritis, hip arthritis, heel pain, shoulder pain, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, etc where your own body cells help in healing faster.
  • An Interdisciplinary team of spine surgery, neurologist, physiotherapy and Rehabilitation specialist along with counsellors for difficult chronic pains.

Services

  • Transforaminal Epidural injection
  • Nerve root blocks.
  • Face joint injections and medial branch blocks.
  • Sacroiliac joint injections.
  • Myofascial trigger point injections with intramuscular stimulation
  • Radiofrequency ablation of Medial branch.
  • Radiofrequency ablation of trigeminal nerve.
  • Sphenopalatine nerve blocks.
  • Coeliac plexus block.
  • Lumbar sympathetic block.
  • Ganglion of impar block.
  • Knee joint injections.
  • Regenerative medicine therapies (Platelet Rich Plasma, Prolotherapy)
  • Intrathecal drug delivery system (Morphine pumps)
  • Spinal cord stimulators
  • Knee joint injections.
  • Regenerative medicine therapies (Platelet Rich Plasma, Prolotherapy)
  • Intrathecal drug delivery system (Morphine pumps)
  • Spinal cord stimulator
  • Conditions treated

  • Backpain and Neck Pain.
  • Sciatica Pain.
  • Cancer Pain.
  • Frozen Shoulder.
  • Chronic Headaches, Migraine.
  • Atypical Facial Pain, Trigeminal Neuralgia.
  • Post Herpetic neuralgia.
  • Knee Pain.
  • Heel Pain.
  • Neuropathic pain.
  • Chronic Abdominal and pelvic pain.
  • Abnormal pain after any surgery.
  • Any pain >3 months not responding to Conservative treatment where surgical intervention is not possible or not treatable.

FAQ

What is Pain Management Clinic?

Pain Management Clinic is a clinic for patients suffering from chronic pain. The clinic analyses the pain and treats accordingly using drugs and interventional therapies.

When should I consult pain specialist?

When the pain does not subside with the help of conventional options, then pain specialists can help you manage the pain. Chronic pains like spine pain, cancer pain, neuropathic pain, joint pains, etc. can be treated non surgically with the help of interventions and rehabilitation.

What is the difference between Pain Physicians and Palliative Care Specialists?

Palliative Care is a medical sub-specialty offered by experts who provide medical care to the terminally ill patients and their families. The palliative care specialists deal with wide range of issues like pain, depression, anxiety, fatigue, shortness of breath, constipation, nausea, loss of appetite and difficulty sleeping. They provide support to critically ill patients and their families physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Pain Specialists addresses all aspects of chronic pain. The specialists aim at minimising the pain, if possible, eliminate the pain non-surgically. By managing pain, the specialists try to improve the quality of life of the patients and their families.

Pain Management Clinic and Physiotherapy Clinic are same?

No, Pain Management doctors are MBBS, MD qualified doctors different from physiotherapists. In Pain Management Clinic, patients are analysed and cured with the help of nerve root blocks. In physiotherapy clinic physical therapies and modalities are used to treat pain. Pain Management Clinics can refer to physiotherapists post the pain treatment for strengthening and stretching exercises.

How is Pain Management specialist and Orthopaedic/spine specialist different?

Pain Management specialists are specialised in pain management and treatment including musculoskeletal pain, neuropathic pain, cancer pain, etc. The pain treatment includes non-surgical methods like pharmacotherapy, interventions and rehabilitation.

An orthopaedic surgeon treats all types of musculoskeletal conditions. The line of treatment includes surgical and non-surgical cures used to alleviate the pain.

Our Experts

Dr. Snehal Panchal
Consultant Pain Management
Dr. Snehal Panchal
Consultant Pain Management
Qualification : M.B.B.S., DNB, M.D., FIPM (Fellowship In Pain Medicine), Jaslok Hospital & Research Center
Years of Experience : 20 years+