Why Our Patients Talk About Getting Their Lives Back

23 Mar Why Our Patients Talk About Getting Their Lives Back

Lone Star is known throughout the state for offering quality pain medicine in Weatherford. As a Texas-based pain management clinic, our number one priority is relieving pain in order to restore function. When we succeed, our patients are quick to talk about getting their lives back.

Have you ever wondered what that means? Moreover, have you ever wondered how Lone Star’s pain management services help patients take back their lives? This post will endeavor to explain it. As you read, we encourage you to think about taking your own life back by working with Lone Star Pain Medicine to relieve your pain and restore function.

Pain and Quality of Life

The starting point for this discussion is understanding the relationship between pain and quality of life. People who struggle with chronic pain tend to report a lower quality of life due to many factors:

• Chronic pain is consistently uncomfortable.
• Pain tends to reduce function in the affected body part.
• The pain experience often leads to social isolation.

Because chronic pain is both uncomfortable and functionally limiting, patients tend to do less. They tend to have less desire to go out and do the things they used to do. Instead, they are more likely to sit at home and cope. This is what leads to a lower quality of life.

What We Do to Change Things

Here at Lone Star, we like to describe our mission with the following phrase: improving life, one patient at a time. We are committed to offering pain management services based on some key components we believe are important to restoring function and improving quality of life. Here is what we do to change things:

1. We Look for Root Causes

We start by looking for the root causes of a person’s pain. Our doctors never simply assume. We ask questions, pay attention to symptoms, and even run tests if necessary. We go to great lengths to uncover root causes because so many things can trigger pain. For example, back pain could be the result of:

• Facet joint syndrome.
• Spinal compression.
• Spinal fractures.
• Herniated discs.

It’s not enough to simply diagnose back pain and then write a prescription for an anti-inflammatory or analgesic. We need to know what’s going on inside your body.

2. We Individualize Treatment Plans

Next up is individualizing treatment plans for each patient. This is a key component of effective pain management. As pain medicine doctors, we are constantly reminded that every case is different. Every patient is subject to unique circumstances and conditions. And every patient experiences pain somewhat differently. It would be impossible for us to do right by our patients without individualized treatment plans.

3. We Look for the Least Invasive Treatment

In addition to individualized treatment plans, we also prefer to look for the least invasive option. If your pain could be successfully treated with an injection therapy, we would recommend it before recommending a more invasive procedure – like the implantation of a spinal cord stimulation device.

4. We Prioritize Restoring Function

Finally, we don’t leave restored function to chance. We prioritize it. Restoring function is what ultimately leads to an improved quality of life. We want patients to get back to doing what they used to do before the pain interrupted.

Pain medicine is designed to overcome the negative impacts pain has on a person’s life. Maybe we can completely eliminate your pain altogether; maybe we can’t. But we can, and do, strive to relieve pain and restore function so that you can take your life back. It’s the least we can do.