A medicolegal perspective on spinal interventions in pain medicine
Back pain affects up to 80% of the population at some point during their lifetime and is one of the commonest reasons to visit the GP. Many patients make a full recovery within a few…
Read more The Interaction Between Psychological Factors And Physical Pain Symptoms
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that affects millions of people each year across the world. Historically, pain has always been viewed as a purely biological process and psychological and social factors were considered irrelevant.…
Read more The Medical and Medicolegal Implications of the Undertreatment of Pain
Pain is the commonest reason for a patient to visit their doctor, with around 25% of adults suffering from chronic pain at any one time, a figure that rises to around 50% in the over-65s.…
Read more The Medicolegal Implications of Phantom Limb Pain and its Prevention
The term ‘phantom limb pain (PLP)’ describes the painful sensations experienced in a part of the body that has been amputated, which persist after complete healing of the associated surgical wound. It is an extremely…
Read more Pain clinic schedule for summer/autumn 2022
Our pain experts will once again be on the move, offering medicolegal consultations around the country in addition to their regular Reading/London clinic locations. Confirmed dates for Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez 1 August - BIRMINGHAM Confirmed…
Read more Somatoform Pain Disorder: Pre-accident psychological history and vulnerability and the BUT FOR test in the absence of a trigger
Somatoform disorder (SD) is defined as physical symptoms suggestive of a medical condition which are unexplained by an underlying disease or mental disorder. Somatoform symptoms are common, and mild ones, such as stress as a…
Read more Future Prospects for Patients with a History of Chronic Pain
Pain is defined as chronic when it lasts for more than three months. At this point, it stops being just a symptom and becomes a condition in its own right, although it is also associated…
Read more Unusual patterns of spread of the mechanical symptoms of chronic back pain and their medicolegal implications
Back pain is one of the commonest reasons for a patient to visit their doctor, and it is estimated that around 80% of adults will suffer from it at least once during their lifetime. Back…
Read more The Medicolegal Implications of Placebo Use in Pain Medicine
A placebo is any medication or procedure with no known therapeutic effect. Placebos are often given for the psychological, rather than physiological, benefit of the patient and are also used as a control measure in…
Read more The Use of Neuroimaging in Pain Medicine
The phenomenon of acute pain serves two main purposes. First, it acts as a warning system to the body that the risk from harm is imminent. Second, it indicates that an injury has already occurred,…
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