Pain Management Pembroke Pines

Pain can bring discomfort and frustration. It can interfere with your sleep, work, and daily activities and affect your overall quality of life. Pain has one positive feature, though: it communicates that there might be an issue with your body.

Pain management strategies were developed to provide relief so that you can enjoy your life again. Resolving pain is a complex process that requires proper execution and monitoring, and choosing an experienced doctor is critical.

Dr. Escobar and his staff at the Pembroke Pines pain management clinic are the right place to start.

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Pain in a nutshell

Pain is sometimes referred to as the 5th vital sign. This means that pain is a vital baseline data for assessing a patient’s general condition, along with pulse rate, temperature, respiratory rate, and blood pressure.

Pain is an uncomfortable feeling - a signal from your brain that something is wrong. It is subjective, which means that the data can only come from the person who is in pain.

When assessing for pain, healthcare professionals usually elicit the following specific details to narrow down the possible cause:

  • Onset

What were you doing during the onset of pain?

  • Provoking factors

What makes the pain worse? What relieves it?

  • Quality

How do you describe the pain? (Burning, aching, stabbing, pinching, throbbing, dull, debilitating, tingling, prickling, etc.)

  • Radiation

Does the pain radiate elsewhere?

  • Severity

How bad is the pain on a 1-10 scale, 10 being the worst? In children, the Wong-Baker FACES scale is used.

  • Time

How long have you been experiencing the pain? Is it constant, or intermittent?

Pain is generally classified into two categories, acute and chronic. Acute pain has a sudden onset and may be caused by a disease, an injury, or inflammation. Chronic pain refers to pain that has been going on for a long time. It may be intermittent, or continuous in nature and may be caused by many factors.

In order to treat pain completely, the causation of the pain must be traced. After all, pain is only a signal to alert you that something isn’t right.

Types of pain we treat at Pembroke Pines pain management

There are many types of pain, and there is no universal treatment. Each type of pain may require a different approach. A pain management specialist can help you understand the differences:

1. Chronic pain

Most pain disappears with time. Your broken leg heals. Your toothache is treated. Aspirin helps with the occasional headache. These are examples of acute, or temporary, pain.

Chronic pain is a condition that doesn’t go away after three months or longer. Examples include recurring conditions like migraines, arthritis, back and neck pain, and pain from injuries that did not heal completely.

2. Acute pain from injury

You were playing football and landed awkwardly. You cut your finger while chopping vegetables. You had a car accident.

These are all examples of acute pain — pain that comes on suddenly and is mostly a result of an injury. It passes when its cause is discovered and treated either by the body itself, or with medical intervention. In some cases, however, the pain doesn’t go away.

Sometimes, injuries are not diagnosed or treated properly, later causing nerve damage, or back pain. Even postoperative pain that isn’t managed correctly can lead to chronic pain. It is important to treat your pain as it is a warning that your body needs help.

3. Nociceptive pain

Examples of nociceptive pain are cuts, or broken bones. When you break a bone, for example, signals from the site of the injury are initiated and transferred through the peripheral nerves to the brain via the spinal cord. This is how we become aware that something is hurting.

4. Neuropathic pain

Neuropathic pain is pain caused by damage, or disease that affects the nervous system. Sometimes there is no obvious source. Classic examples of this pain are shingles and diabetic peripheral neuropathy. It is pain that can occur after nerves are cut, or after a stroke.

Conditions Treated at Pembroke Pines pain management:

  • Discogenic Pain
  • Herniated Disc
  • RSD/CRPS
  • Post Laminectomy Syndrome
  • Neuropathic Pain
  • Spinal Stenosis

Procedures Performed:

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections:

Other Procedures:

  • Neuroablation
  • Intradiscal Treatments
  • Spinal Endoscopy
  • Spinal Cord Stimulator Trials
  • Spinal Cord Stimulator Permanent
  • Sympathetic Nerve Blocks
  • Discography
  • Selective Nerve Blocks

Epidural Injections:

  • Cervical
  • Thoracic
  • Lumbar
  • Caudal

Joint Injections:

Facet Injections:

All procedures at our pain management clinic in Pembroke Pines are performed under direct fluoroscopy, or sonography guidance.

For patients requiring a pain management doctor, we have a convenient location in South Florida:

Pain Management Pembroke Pines Office

The material contained on this site is for informational purposes only and DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE PROVIDING OF MEDICAL ADVICE, and is not intended to be a substitute for independent professional medical judgment, advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare providers with any questions or concerns you may have regarding your health.