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Red Bank, New Jersey Medical Services for Pain Management and Rehabilitation

Monmouth County office helps patients avoid unnecessary surgery.

Pain Management

When in perfect health, the body works a thousand miracles a day by quietly carrying out the endless processes necessary for human survival. And when it is in danger, it has developed an inspired mechanism—pain—to protect itself from harm.

Pain motivates the body to avoid or withdraw from damaging or potentially dangerous situations. Through the stimulation of nerve endings, signals are sent to the brain to sound the alarm that something is wrong.

Pain, however, also places a huge burden of unhealthy stress on the body. Nerve fibers that transmit painful impulses to the brain eventually become more adept at delivering pain signals, intensifying the original complaint. Over time, the brain becomes more sensitive to pain. For these reasons, it is extremely important to treat the cause of pain (whether it is pain in the back, neck, etc.) as soon as possible.

It is recommended that all pain management patients seek out the most conservative approach as possible—one that avoids unnecessary drug use or surgeries.

Conservative Medicine and Pain Management

Hippocrates was the first to promote the idea of ‘vis medicatrix naturae,’—the belief that the body is able to heal itself. He encouraged doctors to treat patients first with pain management techniques and then with drugs (and only occasionally). He believed strongly that any type of surgery should be a method of last resort.

At our multi-disciplinary pain management and rehabilitation center, we are continuing in this tradition by incorporating a branch of medicine known as Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), or Physiatry, specializing in Interventional Pain and Musculoskeletal Medicine. Our entire approach revolves around the idea of helping patients to avoid unnecessary surgeries and medication, thereby reducing the damage and stress on the body.

What is PM&R?

Specialists in PM&R, or Physiatrists, focus on the non-surgical treatment of many musculoskeletal conditions, including back pain, neck pain, disc problems, sciatica, and the numbness or tingling that can result from these conditions. They diagnose and treat musculoskeletal conditions by devising treatment plans to reduce pain, improve quality of life, and (in some cases) help patients learn to use assistive devices such as braces or wheelchairs.

During the rehabilitation process, PM&R Doctors care for patients’ physical impairments as well the associated emotional challenges. This is an important distinction: Physiatrists treat the patient as a whole, helping with physical, emotional, and social needs during the process of rehabilitation.

Following are examples of conditions treated at Monmouth Spine and Rehabilitation Center:

Fluoroscopy

The Physiatrists at our Red Bank, NJ facility use a type of technology known as Fluoroscopy. This is a powerful tool that allows our physicians to view the size, shape, and structure of a patient’s musculoskeletal system while in motion. In our Fluoroscopy suite, patients are positioned between an x-ray source and a fluorescent screen, producing live images safely.

This process helps our physicians to make accurate diagnoses, as well as to perform epidural injections when necessary. These are used only when pain and inflammation are inhibiting a patient’s ability to undergo a program of rehabilitation. Fluoroscopy allows this type of pain management to be performed with more accuracy, comfort, and better results.

In some cases, pain prevents patients from completing a program of rehabilitation; it is often in this situation that surgery appears to be the best option. Our PM&R Doctors make it possible for patients to reduce pain in order to avoid surgery.

Working to Prevent Surgery in Monmouth County

Our multi-disciplinary pain management and rehabilitation facility helps patients to prevent surgery by offering and exhausting every possible method to help the body heal itself. In addition to our medical services, we also offer acupuncture as an adjunct therapy in the pain management/reduction process.

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