Pain Management Medicine
Prism Pain Management is a Pain Management Medicine practice in Aurora, CO
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of all types of pain caused by surgery, injury, nerve damage, and metabolic problems such as diabetes.
Pain Management Doctors at Prism Pain Management perform
medication management, physical therapy, and nerve blocks. Pain Management Medicine is
the multifaceted treatment of pain that prohibits or prevents normal eating, sleeping, work, and daily activity. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Pain Management Medicine practices include chronic pain, fibromyalgia,back pain, joint pain, arthritis pain, tendinitis pain, and post-surgical pain.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pain Management Medicine
practices include pain medications like opioids, spinal injections, TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) therapy, meditation, relaxation techniques, visual imagery, biofeedback, heat and cold therapy, manipulation and massage.
Pain Medicine is a primary medical specialty based on a distinct body of knowledge and a well-defined scope of clinical practice that is founded on science, research and education. It is concerned with the study of pain, the prevention of pain, and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons in pain. A comprehensive evaluation incorporates the physical, psychological, cognitive and socio-cultural contributions to pain. The treatment protocol may include pharmacological, invasive, behavioral, cognitive, rehabilitative and complementary strategies provided in a concurrent focused and patient specific manner. The pain medicine physician often serves the patient as a frontline physician regarding their pain, but also may serve as a consultant to other physicians, direct an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary treatment team, conduct research, or advocate for the patient's pain care with public and private agencies. The Pain Medicine physician may work in variety of settings including office, clinic, hospital, university, or governmental/public agencies.
Pain Management Doctors in Aurora, CO
Addiction Medicine Anesthesiology
Prism Pain Management is an Addiction Medicine Anesthesiology practice in Aurora, CO
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in treating opioid addiction while patients are under sedation.
Addiction Medicine Anesthesiologists at Prism Pain Management perform
anesthesia-assisted rapid opioid detox (AAROD). Addiction Medicine Anesthesiology is
delivered for quick and comfortable withdrawal. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Addiction Medicine Anesthesiology practices include addiction to opioids like oxycodone, morphine, and heroin.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Addiction Medicine Anesthesiology
practices include delivering anesthesia, applying the opioid antagonist naloxone, and monitoring patients when they wake.
An anesthesiologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of addictions.
Addiction Medicine Anesthesiologists in Aurora, CO