There are many options for treating pain – such as pain relieving medicines, physiotherapy, lifestyle changes, therapies, medications, mind-body techniques acupuncture, acupressure, chiropractic care, drug delivery to trigger points, spinal drug delivery, nerve block injections, electro-thermal therapy, magnetotherapy, epidural steroid injections, mind and body techniques, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, relaxation techniques and meditation, cognitive behavioural therapy, and other psychological techniques.

The KIMS SUNSHINE Department of Pain Management has an experienced team of pain management specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and support staff to manage acute, chronic, and cancer-related pain.

We manage a broad spectrum of pain, which includes but is not limited to the following: backache, headache, neck pain, pain after surgery, arthritis pain, sympathetic dystrophy, post-herpetic pain, neuropathy, fibromyalgia, neuralgia, and cancer pain.

Medical Pain Management

Medical pain management involves treating pain with medicines such as painkillers, analgesics, muscle relaxants, and sedatives. The treatment is of short duration—it may last for two to four weeks or maybe longer than that, depending on the condition. In addition to medications, doctors may recommend exercises, physiotherapy, and other activities to patients as part of a customised treatment plan to provide supportive care and effectively manage pain.

The other means of managing pain include:

Manipulative Therapy: use of lumbar supports, cervical collars, orthoses, and supports, massage (soft tissue techniques), auto-stretching of soft tissues, passive mobilization of joints, and passive stretching of soft tissues. Superficial heat therapy (paraffin wax, infrared radiations, hot moist packs, heat pads) and deep heat therapy (electrothermal therapy by using low-frequency currents; Interferential therapy using medium frequency currents; microwave diathermy, short wave diathermy using medium frequency currents). Advanced pain management techniques include Radiofrequency Denervation, Peripheral Nerve Stimulation, Motor Cortex Stimulation, Intrathecal Drug Delivery System, Deep Brain Stimulation, Spinal Cord Stimulation, and Cryo-analgesia. Alternate Therapies include biofeedback, acupuncture, meditation, hypnosis, behavioural therapy, and stress management.

Nerve block for pain relief

Botulinum Toxin Therapy, Occipital Nerve Block, Trigeminal Ganglion Block, Cervical Medial Branch Block, Cervical Facet Joint Injection, Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Injection, Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Injection, Stellate Ganglion Block, Glossopharyngeal Nerve Block, Atlanto-Occipital & Atlanto-Axial Injections, Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block and Trigger point injection.

Interventions for pain relief

Lower limb (sole foot injections, knee joint injections, lateral cutaneous nerve block; and Upper limb (carpal tunnel injection, shoulder joint injections).