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January 18, 2021

The Role of Pain Management in Southern Indiana

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The primary role of pain management is to
evaluate and treat patients in different

stages of pain, in different stages of
life in order to provide them a decreased

level of pain and
improve their overall functionality.

The type of patients that we see primarily
are the chronic pain type patients,

and when I say chronic pain,
I just mean somebody who has had some form

of pain for a prolonged period of time.

Typically, this involves back pain,
or neck pain, or joint pain.

We're trying to treat pain all the way
from the head and the neck,

all the way down into the feet so we can
do really a holistic-type approach.

The field of pain management is evolving
very fast and is making significant

advances in what we could do even just a
couple of years ago.

People tend to think about pain management
in the past where we would often just

provide narcotic pain medications
to help treat pain.

Now, we have the opportunity to both
perform advanced injections,

as well as do outpatient surgical
procedures where we can do implants and

stimulators and help to treat not just the
cause of the pain but treat the symptoms

without the side effects
of the medication.

To have a patient that comes to me having
a significant level of pain and if they

come into my care, I'm
able to offer them therapy.

And they come back to me several weeks or
a month or two later,

and they're back doing the things that
they enjoy doing.

It's very rewarding and satisfying.

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The Role of Pain Management in Southern Indiana HealthTalks Transcript

William Bickers, MD, Pain Management:
The primary role of pain management is to evaluate and treat patients in different stages of pain and different stages of life, in order to provide them a decreased level of pain and improve their overall functionality. The type of patients we see, primarily, are chronic pain patients. When I say chronic pain, I mean somebody who has had some form of pain for a prolonged period of time.

Typically, this involves back pain, neck pain or joint pain. We’re trying to treat pain all the way from the head and neck, down to the feet — a holistic-type approach. The field of pain management is evolving very fast and is making significant advances in what we could do even just a couple of years ago. People tend to think about pain management in the past, where we would often provide narcotic pain medications to help treat pain. Now, we have the opportunity to perform advanced injections, as well as do outpatient surgical procedures. We can do implants and simulators and help to treat not just the cause of the pain, but treat the symptoms without the side effects of the medication.

When a patient who has a significant level of pain comes into my care, I’m able to offer them therapy. They come back to me several weeks or a month or two later, and they’re back doing the things that they enjoy doing, it’s very rewarding and satisfying.

 

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