BACKGROUND Other than the newly published anticoagulation guidelines, there are currently few recommendations to assist pain medicine physicians in determining the safety parameters to follow when performing interventional pain procedures. Little information exists regarding policies for oral intake, cumulative steroid dose limits, driving restrictions with and without sedation, and routine med...

The aim of the study was to describe a case of type II diabetic peripheral small fiber neuropathic pain treated with whole body vibration therapy after a failed trial of conventional drugs and interventional pain management. A 64-year-old male had chronic diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain in his both feet for about 2 years. The patient tried multiple pain medications and various intervention...

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common reasons for a neurologist visit. In 90–95% cases, LBP nonspecific (musculoskeletal). The diagnosis based on symptoms, somatic and neurological examination data, absence «red flags» (symptoms signs characteristic specific causes pain, discogenic radiculopathy, or lumbar stenosis). We review modern principles acute, subacute, chronic treatment. also d...

This article is about I Russian scientific and practical conference with the international participation Actual questions of chronic pain management held on May 13-14 in Krasnoyarsk. The was organized by Federal State Budgetary Institution Healthcare Scientific Practical Center Medical Biological Agency Russia, KrasSMU, Association Interventional Pain Treatment. Speakers from nine cities discus...

Interventional spine and pain procedures cover a far broader spectrum than those for regional anesthesia, reflecting diverse targets and goals. When surveyed, interventional pain and spine physicians attending the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) 11th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting exhorted that existing ASRA guidelines for regional anesthesia in patients on antipl...

The practice guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic pain are systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care related to chronic pain. These guidelines are professionally derived recommendations for practices in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic or persistent pain. They were developed utilizing a c...