Suffering with chronic pain from injuries or other afflictions can be exhausting and leave a feeling of hopelessness. The same can be said for caregivers — it’s disheartening to watch a loved one in pain. PainPathways published an article that discusses how to handle various emotions when taking care of someone who deals with chronic …
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Last year, the Anesthesia Pain Care Senior Invitational Golf Tournament raised $45,000 to support the remarkable efforts of the World Institute of Pain (WIP) Foundation. This year’s event is looking to surpass that goal. This highly anticipated, annual tournament will be held at TPC Eagle Trace Golf Club from April 20-23, 2015. With an array …
The sciatic nerve is the largest single nerve in the body. Sciatica is a common type of pain affecting the sciatic nerve, which extends from the lower back down the back of each leg. Depending on where the nerve is affected, the pain from sciatica can range from infrequent and irritating to severe and debilitating. …
Employee Benefit Plan Review featured Dr. Ira Fox’s article on interventional pain care and workers’ compensation. It discusses a model for getting people back to work, since no one wins when there’s absenteeism or poorly performing employees in the workplace. Depending on a patient’s diagnosis, interventional pain physicians use various techniques and procedures that have proven …
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Dr. Ira Fox of Anesthesia Pain Care Consultants was featured in Florida Medical Business. The article focuses on looking ahead in 2015 and how healthcare cost reform remains a top issue. Dr. Fox discusses how APCC physicians respond to change and says “you have to be more productive and more efficient, you have to look …
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What is kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty? According to WebMD, they are surgeries that are done to try to relieve pain from compression fractures of the spine by stabilizing the broken bone with a substance that works like cement. Fractures can occur as a result of osteoporosis, cancer or other conditions. Patients at Anesthesia Pain Care Consultants …
Dr. Ozaktay of Anesthesia Pain Care Consultants was featured in the Sun-Sentinel for his letter to the editor. Read his viewpoint below on the new FDA rule regarding hydrocodone combination painkillers.
Suffering from lower back pain? Consider the benefits of exercise walking for better back health. Developing a regular routine of exercise walking can help reduce ongoing back pain. According to a Spine-Health article, exercise walking is one way to benefit from regular exercise while not aggravating the structures in the lower back. Read the article here.
Heather, a multiple sclerosis patient in her early 40s, came to Anesthesia Pain Care Consultants in terrible pain and suffering from spasticity, which is not uncommon with MS patients. She was referred by her neurologist, who had heard about the great results that Dr. Cuneyt Ozaktay had been having with Medtronic’s intrathecal pump. When she …
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When living with chronic pain, it’s important not to push your body too hard past its limits. There can be harmful side effects if you don’t pay attention to what your body is telling you. What can you do to make sure you’re not overdoing it? Check out this recent article here from PainPathways to …
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