by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 25, 2011 | Neuromodulation Therapies, Treatments
GENERAL The continuous subarachnoid injection of drastic drugs is a neuromodulation technique. The term “neuromodulation” refers to therapies which stimulate, inhibit or coordinate the activity of neurons or neuronal networks through the electric or chemical change of...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 25, 2011 | Neuromodulation Therapies, Technology and Chronic pain, Treatments
GENERAL Spinal cord stimulation is a neuromodulation therapy. The term “neuromodulation” refers to therapies which stimulate, inhibit or coordinate the activity of neurons or neuronal networks through the electric or chemical change of signal transmission to the...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 25, 2011 | Minimal Invasive Pain Therapies, Treatments
1. Intra-articular corticosteroid injection. Infusion of a solution of corticosteroid and local anaesthetic into the painful joint. The steroid has a strong anti-inflammatory effect on the irritated joint and the local anaesthetic temporarily anaesthetizes the nerve...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 23, 2011 | Conditions, Lower Limbs Pain, Piriformis Muscle Syndrome
GENERAL The Piriformis Muscle Syndrome is a disorder in which the piriformis muscle irritates the sciatic nerve and causes pain starting from the buttock, radiating posteriorly to the thigh and down to the foot. The pain is similar to the typical sciatica resulting...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 22, 2011 | Conditions, Low Back Pain, Spinal Stenosis
GENERAL Spinal stenosis is the condition in which the spinal canal (i.e. the part of the spine enclosing the spinal cord and nerve roots) gets narrow and, as a result, exerts pressure upon the sensitive structures within the spinal canal. This condition is gradually...
