Pain

What is postoperative pain? “An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage due to surgery… thus pain is what the person says it is, and exists when the person experiencing the pain says it does.” Situational Analysis. Approximately 80% of patients who undergo surgery experience acute postoperative pain. With 75% of these patients report post-operative pain as moderate, severe or extreme 12,96. In adequate post-operative pain management and assessment

Problems with the muscles and vertebrae in the neck cause muscle spasms, pain and inflammation. The chiropractors at French Chiropractic and Wellness Center in Madison specialize in neck pain treatments for the residents of Willowick. What Is Neck Pain? Neck pain follows lower back pain as the second most common condition that chiropractors treat. Neck pain is a result of abnormalities in the soft tissues (muscles, ligaments, and nerves) and the bone and joints of the spine. Most commonly, chiropractors

Pain control in the older adult is essential to prevent emotional distress. There are several pain controlling medications that are available, but only a portion of them can be used safely in older people. Pain control should be optimized for each individual patient with measures to reduce narcotics overdose, and also minimize adverse events. Chronic pain is a growing epidemic of the elderly and is the most common reason why most elderly patient are seen in the clinic. Many older adults are vulnerable

Whether you suffer from chronic heel pain or just recently sustained a foot injury, the foot specialists at Podiatry Associates of Rochester are here to help. This Rochester, NY podiatry office provides complete medical and surgical care for patients suffering from a variety of foot ailments, from ingrown toenails, stress fractures, arthritis, planter fasciitis, heel pain, and more. Heel pain can be caused by a number of reasons, one of the most common being plantar fasciitis, otherwise known as

anesthesiologists have implemented the use of continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNB), often referred to as pain pump balls, specifically we use the OnQ balls. “The On-Q infusion device is an elastomeric device with a flow regulator that controls the flow of a local anesthetic agent through a peripheral catheter” (Burnett, 2011). The pain pump balls are intended to decrease post-op pain and maximize patient’s ability to participate in physical therapy. The

a leg pain 3/5 and does not remember of injuring his leg. Even though there is no sign of visual injury I would do a thorough pain assessment. Before we do a table top examination we can ask Jonatan to hop on one foot or jump? I would use PQRST to obtain more information regarding pain assessment (CCCN, 2016.) The questions I would include are: what precipitated the pain? What makes it worse or better? If he has any pain right now? How does it feel like? Does he feel more pain or less pain than before

Joint Pain, Aging, and Arthritis - Understand Your Pain Joint pain is not necessarily always a part of ageing. It can be a serious problem as it can affect our functional capacity. Arthritis is a common term which means inflammation and stiffness of joints leading to joint pains. It can have a number of etiologies including osteoarthritis , gout, rheumatoid arthritis among others. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease because of wear and tear of cartilage leading to joint pains and soreness

People with advanced dementia are unable to communicate pain levels and the Pain assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) scale can assist in determining pain levels in individuals with cognitive impairment. Jack has advanced Alzheimer’s disease (AD) stage, which is a neurogenerative disorder with cerebral cortex atrophy from neurons and synapses loss (de Tommaso, Kunz & Valeraini, 2017). Common symptoms include memory and language deficits, orientation problems, mood changes and unable to perform

The reception of pain in the peripheral nervous system to the perception of the same in the brain, and the corresponding generation of response behaviours, is achieved through several pathways. These different nociceptive pathways kick-off in a similar manner in which a pain signal coming from the skin, for instance, travels up a sensory nerve fibre made up of axons located in the spinal ganglion. The axons then enter the spinal cord, upon which they immediately divide into the upward and downward

might experience tailbone pain, or coccydynia, that can stop you in your tracks. Proper treatment is essential to get you back on your feet, after which you should prioritize proper exercise form. (See References 1) About Tailbone Pain Consisting of three to five small bones, your coccyx, or tailbone, is located at the the very bottom of your spine. Weightlifting can put excessive pressure on this area and move the bones beyond their natural range of motion, triggering pain. Exercises, such as dead