Hunter Pain Specialists in Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Australia | Medical and health

Hunter Pain Specialists

Locality: Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 4985 1800

Address: 91 Chatham St 2292 Broadmeadow, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.hunterpainspecialists.com.au/

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23.01.2022 Pain medicine is a multidisciplinary medical practice. The pain medicine specialist serves both as a consultant to other physicians and often as the principal treating physician. The spectrum of care provided by a pain specialist includes prescribing medication, co-ordinating rehabilitative services, performing pain relieving procedures, counselling patients and families, directing a multidisciplinary team, co-operating with other healthcare professionals and liaising with ...public and private agencies. To make an appointment with our clinic, visit https://hubs.la/H0x8F620

22.01.2022 This month Australians celebrate Movember, a campaign to promote men’s mental health. Stronger social connections can reduce the risk of suicide. That means more men talking about stuff that really matters. Those conversations don’t always come easy, but there's help: https://hubs.la/H0zq5fY0 #Movember

22.01.2022 Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a debilitating condition where trauma to a limb results in devastating persistent pain that is disproportionate to the initial injury. The pathophysiology of CRPS remains unknown; however, accumulating evidence suggests it is an immunoneurological disorder, especially in light of evidence of auto-antibodies in ~ 30% of patients.

21.01.2022 Did you know that Botox Injections are not just for cosmetic use? They have actually been used for years to treat spasticity in juvenile cerebral palsy and are also used to treat certain forms of pain. When used for pain management, Botox is designed to stop muscle spasming for a period of up to 4 months. Local anaesthetic and Botox are injected onto the spasming muscle, usually the shoulder, neck and/or back areas.... For more information, read our educational news article on Intramuscular Botox for Pain: https://hubs.la/H0x8Dhy0

20.01.2022 Manage Your Pain: Practical and Positive Ways of Adapting to Chronic Pain by Michael Nicholas is a book that offers practical and positive ways of adapting to chronic pain that we often recommend to our patients. Chronic pain requires a combination of approaches to be successfully treated Manage Your Pain presents possible medical treatments and guides you through practical exercises for daily life. To learn more about this book, please visit GoodReads: https://hubs.la/H0H6zh90

15.01.2022 NAIDOC week is a time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Unfortunately, the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is generally worse than for other Australians. At HPS we aim to provide culturally-sensitive services and a safe environment for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. #NAIDOC2020

15.01.2022 The peripheral nervous system connects the nerves from your brain and spinal cord to the rest of your body (arms, hands, legs, face, internal organs, etc) to deliver signal of physical sensations back to your brain. Peripheral neuropathy is a disorder that occurs when these nerves malfunction either because they are damaged or destroyed. The malfunctioning nerves might send signals of pain when there’s nothing causing pain or might not send a pain signal even if there’s som...ething harming you. Your doctor can use several medical treatments to control the symptoms of this condition. Pain medications and other types of medications like narcotics, anti-epileptic medicine and some antidepressants can also be prescribed depending on the case of each individual. If you present any of the symptoms presented in the illustration below, visit your GP and ask for a referral to see one of our Pain Specialists. https://hubs.la/H0JNSpT0

14.01.2022 Meet the team Georgie joined the team at Hunter Pain Specialists in 2016, bringing with her a wealth of knowledge and experience in acute care nursing. She spent 11 years in Anaesthetics and Recovery, enjoying a variety of roles including Clinical Nurse Educator and Clinical Nurse Specialist. She has also held positions with TAFE NSW, Avondale College and SAN College of Education where she provided education and training to undergraduate nurses. She developed Hunter Pain... Specialist’s Online Learning Centre and has provided education for nurses in General Practice. We are very fortunate to have Georgie as part of our team. Learn more about Georgie here: https://hubs.la/H0x8Dhm0

14.01.2022 Pain is not a common symptom of early breast cancer, but a tumour can cause pain as it pushes into nearby healthy tissue. For women with inflammatory breast cancer, pain or tenderness often is one of the first symptoms. Pain caused by cancer itself is more common in people who have a metastatic (or advanced) disease, in which the breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body. For example, if cancer travels to the bone, it can cause pain in the back, hips, or other bones. ...To find out more about breast cancer, visit: https://hubs.la/H0x8LhX0 #october #breastcancerawareness

13.01.2022 The stories of people with pain have been collected by the Pain is Not Invisible Project, an initiative of Chronic Pain Australia. The interim report for the project identified the following themes: Stigma being written off as ‘psychologically defective’ Loss of control of one’s life; struggling with everyday life Frustration with the health care professions... Lack of effective treatments Perceived lack of credibility not being believed The end of happiness; depression The erosion or breakdown of relationships with partners, family, children and friends Disruption of careers; becoming impoverished Frustration with and inadequacy of compensation systems Tiredness; problems with sleep Perceived lack of empathy frustration with other people not understanding the chronic pain experience. You can read the full report here: https://hubs.la/H0x8Lg20 We understand what it is to live with chronic pain and are here to help you manage your pain. To find out more, visit our website: https://hubs.la/H0x8F850

13.01.2022 If you have had lower back pain, you are not alone. Back pain is one of the most common reasons people see a doctor or miss days at work. Acute, or short-term back pain lasts a few days to a few weeks. In some cases, a few months are required for the symptoms to disappear. Chronic back pain is defined as pain that continues for 12 weeks or longer. In some cases, treatment successfully relieves chronic low back pain, but in other cases, pain continues despite medical and surgical treatment.

12.01.2022 In a pandemic landscape, ensuring there are replacement treatment options to the ready availability of medications that had become a staple treatment for pain is not only what is needed, it is the moral responsibility of any society.' Shares Carol Bennett, Painaustralia CEO, commenting on the results of their Opioid reform survey. You can listen the whole segment here: https://hubs.la/H0x8v8l0

11.01.2022 Medicinal Cannabis can be an option for you to manage your pain. The best results for pain relief appear to be for treating nerve pain in patients who have suffered some form of injury or damage to the spinal cord, followed by patients with more general nerve pain. It does not at this stage seem to help tissue or arthritis pain, although more research needs to be done. Like any drug, there is the potential for side effects.... If it is deemed appropriate for you to have a 3 month trial of the therapy, then an application is made for an authorization number, so that the Pain Specialist can prescribe the chosen form of medicinal cannabis (CBD oil, THC/CBD oil). Currently, medicinal cannabis is not on the PBS and significant out of pocket cost occurs for patients funding the pharmacy prescriptions themselves. There is currently no alternative to this. You can find more information at https://hubs.la/H0x8LlG0

09.01.2022 When under anesthesia, you can’t move, form memories, or hopefully feel pain. And while it might just seem like you are asleep for that time, you actually aren’t. What’s going on? Steven Zheng explains what we know about the science behind anesthesia. Lesson by Steven Zheng, animation by Zedem Media. https://hubs.la/H0JNSzf0

05.01.2022 Meet the team Dr Willem Volschenk is a dual qualified Anaesthetist and Specialist Pain Management Physician from South Africa. He speaks 2 languages; English and Afrikaans. He is passionate about clinical education as a local GP educator and trainer for Fellows of Pain Medicine. He consults at Hunter Pain Specialists as one of our Specialist Pain Medicine Physician.... You can learn more about Dr Volschenk here: https://hubs.la/H0H6BkZ0

05.01.2022 Pain management involves a whole range of approaches. It may mean adapting how you carry out your usual activities so that these don’t make your pain worse. We know that exercise is crucial for people with Arthritis. Have a read for some practical advice on the best exercises for arthritis sufferers, visit: https://hubs.la/H0zGc0c0

02.01.2022 Over the past decade, there has been a lot of discussion about the importance of our gut. Our gut has been shown to be one of the keys to our overall health and wellbeing. It has been called our second brain due to the intricate nervous system (the enteric nervous system) it holds within it and how it communicates with our brain (the gut-brain axis). It has been shown to play a vital role in the production of serotonin, which has been one of the keys to understanding t...he role it plays in mood and sleep. It has been shown to play a vital role in our stress (hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis) and relaxation (through the vagus nerve) response. It is home to 100 trillion microorganisms and their genetic material, known as the microbiome, and scientists are only just unlocking the potential of this live bacteria. Some of the most interesting areas being explored by scientists include the role our gut plays in immunity, inflammation and pain.

01.01.2022 Rhythms produced by the brain can reliably be used to predict how sensitive we are to pain, new research shows. A study by researchers from the UK and the US found that one particularly prevalent pattern of brain activity, called alpha waves, strongly relates to the body's susceptibility or resilience to pain. https://hubs.la/H0zG7Hd0