Pain Management and Transcription

Pain management or pain medicine is the medical discipline concerned with the relief of pain, and today specialised pain management transcription services are offered by many medical transcription companies.
Skilled medical transcription professionals are experts in the transcription of dictations recorded by the concerned physiatrists/ neurologists and anesthesiologists who generally handle pain in the hospital setting.
Pain is part of life they say and there is also the proverb "No pain no gain".
However both acute and chronic pain can be treated and avoided.
Chronic pain is caused due to a variety of reasons and modern medicine can give relief from pain either by way of drugs, by use of techniques addressing mind/ body besides other eastern medicine alternative like yogic vibration, acupuncture etc.
Some of the other methods of pain management include,

Interventional procedures

Physical therapy

Physical exercise

Application of ice and/or heat

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Surgical Implants

Trigger Point Injections

Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)

Biofeedback and

Cognitive therapy

Often we come across patients who use a combination of different methods to get relief from pain.
It is possible to treat one self when the pain is not severe.
Among the various OTC (over the counter) drugs that are available include, topical pain relievers (creams, lotions etc) Tylenol (acetaminophen) or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin.
Pain can be treated using dietary changes.
For example body weight loss when achieved increased physical activity and dietary changes helps relieve pain due to osteoarthritis.
Other known pain relievers can be got from nutritional supplements like fish oil, glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate.
Back pain can be well managed using chiropractic treatment and massage.
Medical billing /coding and pain management transcription are highly specialised process that ought to be handled by professional service providers who can assure consistent insurance reimbursements.