Principal Director & HOD
Neuro Surgery & Neuro Spine
+91-11-30403040The Back Pain Management Unit at the BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital is a dedicated unit which serves patients suffering from acute to long-term (chronic) back pain. The unit focuses on providing a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment care for disorders arising from a wide range of medical conditions and resulting in chronic pain.
We have highly experienced professionals who dedicatedly perform a spectrum of surgical & non-surgical interventions tailored to each person’s individual needs. We aim to provide compassionate care to each patient by controlling pain, restoring function and shifting their focus to other enjoyable aspects life has to offer, thereby, improving the quality of your life.
Back pain is a pain that occurs in the lower back, middle back, upper back or low back and develops due to an injury, activity and some medical conditions. It can come and go, but it is chronic if it lasts three months or longer.
Pain Management: Also called pain medicine, this is a discipline in science that deals with the systematic study of painful disorders and gain expert know-how about their prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation processes.
The pain in the back often develops due to various reasons. The doctor can identify the cause with a test or an imaging study.
Conditions that cause back pain are:
Strain
One of the major causes of back pain is strain which develops due to
Structural problems
Other reasons that can cause chronic back pain include structural problems, such as:
Movement and posture
Back pain can also develop due to some everyday activities or poor posture. For Example: Sitting in a hunched position when using computers can result in increased back and shoulder problems. Other conditions include:
Medical conditions
Some medical conditions can also lead to back pain such as
In case of the spine and musculo-skeletal pain, the pain management unit at BLK-Max Hospital serves a variety of purposes. It usually differs from surgical treatment.
The pain management strategies and techniques available at the unit help:
In some cases, back pain can lead to serious medical problems. You may need to contact a doctor if you experience:
Some of the diagnostic tests that your doctor might ask you to take for evaluation of your current medical conditions, which involve:
The pain management techniques used at Back Pain Management unit include:
Non-invasive, non-drug pain management
Non-invasive pharmacologic pain management
If the non-drug pain management does not provide any relief than the doctor may advise the following medication to the patient, along with physical therapy:
Invasive pain management
The surgery is a last resort of treatment when all the other treatments for back pain have failed. However, if you have unrelenting pain that is associated with radiating leg pain or progressive muscle weakness caused due to nerve compression,then your doctor might recommend you to undergo surgery. The common surgeries for back pain management include:
The important precautionary measures one must consider after the treatment are:
Some of the risk factors associated with various back pain management treatment include:
Complications associated with Medication
Complications associated with surgery:
These risk factors are very mild and usually reversible with the help of some medication. However, if the patient experiences these symptoms for a longer duration then he must see a doctor immediately.
Dr. Anil Kumar Kansal
Neuro Surgery & Neuro Spine
Dr. Rohit Bansil
Neuro Surgery & Neuro Spine
Dr. Kaviraj Kaushik
Neuro Surgery & Neuro Spine