Department of Pain management
This department is concerned with the cause and source of a wide range of pain. The types of pain majorly fall into three categories– due to direct tissue injury, due to nerve injury/disease, and due to a mix of tissue and nerve injury.
Direct Tissue Injury Disorders
- Osteoarthritis (Arthritis in larger joints such as hips and knees)
- Rheumatoid arthritis (Arthritis in small joints such as fingers and wrists)
- Nerve Injury Disorders
- Spinal cord injury
- Post-stroke pain
- Multiple sclerosis
- Nerve pain due to shingles, diabetes, HIV (Neuropathy)
- Mixed Pain Disorders
- Neck pain
- Back pain