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Pain Management |
Nerve blockers08/26/2008 09:20AM |
I have radial nerve pain and right now on physical therepy. My doctor said that if PT doesn`t help that the next thing is a nerve blocker. How is this done. I sounds very painfull. Can putting the neddle into the nerve cause more damage and pain to the nerve?
Before having a nerve block, one has to diagnose the cause of the pain. You are correct that injection into the nerve can worsen the pain. However, injections are done usually close to the nerve and not into it. But before injecting the nerve one has to know what the pathology (problem) is. Without a proper prior diagnosis, nerve block treatment may not be appropriate.
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Salim M Hayek, MD, PhD Division Chief, Associate Professor Division of Pain Medicine University Hospitals School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University |
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