TIPS TO HEALTIER BACK-Dr Krishna Poddar
- Sit in a high-back chair with arm rests. Sitting in a soft couch or chair will tend to make you round your back and won’t support the hollow of your back.
- At work, adjust your chair height and work station so you can sit up close to your work and tilt it up at you. Rest your elbows and arms on your chair or desk, keeping your shoulders relaxed.
- When sitting in a chair that rolls and pivots, don’t twist at the waist while sitting. Instead, turn your whole body.
- When standing up from the sitting position, move to the front of the seat of your chair. Stand up by straightening your legs. Avoid bending forward at your waist. Immediately stretch your back by doing 10 standing backbends.
Driving
- Use a back support (lumbar roll) while sitting or driving in the car.
- Move the seat close to the steering wheel to support the hollow of your b
Advanced Pain Management for Cancer Pain. It was historic day for Kolkata and Bellevue hospital as the first Morphine Pump Implantation was performed in a patient with severe intractable cancer pain. This is an advanced pain management therapy being used in developed country like USA for treating the pain and suffering of patient with intractable benign and cancer pain. who do not respond to any other treatment. This therapy involves implantation of a programmable pump in the bodt directly into the spinal cord & thus provides immediate and complete pain relief.
Advanced Pain Management for Migraine. 52 Years old patient suffering with Migraine for 30 years .He tried many treatment with no benefit.Migraine was hampering his day to day life, not able to do his profession.Even he tried Botox injections 4-5 times giving him short term relief for 5-6 months.excessive use of Pain medicines affecting his kidney and liver and making him sleepy allthe day,
Patch it up
Transdermal patches can help in pain management. But there is not enough awareness about them in India, says Hemchhaya De.
You have heard of nicotine patches — those Band Aid-like strips that help people quit smoking. But those are just one variety of what is broadly known as transdermal patches. The latter play a crucial role in pain management in several parts of the world. But in India, doctors say, awareness of the use of transdermal patches in relieving pain is abysmally low. What’s more, these are not widely available in the country.
“Indian companies started manufacturing these patches only half a decade ago. But awareness is still quite low,” says Dr G.P. Dureja, director, Delhi Pain Management Centre, who started pain management services at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 1986.
Percutaneous Hydrodiscectomy.
- 57 yrs. old patient c/o severe back pain with Rt radicular pain since 2 months
- Pain increased since 1 week