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Advanced Treatments for Chronic Pain Management

Advanced Treatments for Chronic Pain Management Pain management has been a growth field for decades. A sub-specialty, “interventional pain management,” is relatively new. It relies on invasive procedures. Pain management in medicine is nothing new. After all, in the Revolutionary War, swigs of whiskey, brandy or rum were given to officers undergoing battlefield surgeries or amputations to help them deal with the pain. As modern medical technology has advanced, so have the medical methodologies used to treat patients’ pain. Managing Pain a Part of Medical History Also read 5 Simple Methods to Lose Those Last 5 Pounds Add Fruits and Vegetables to Your Diet The history of man’s search for an effective analgesic, or pain killer, has been written many times. For instance, the introduction to modern analgesics in warfare, “A Brief History of Military Anesthesia,” published by the US Army’s Center of Military History, in Washington, DC notes that primitive man sought pain relief from “herbs, ...