Chronic Pain
Anesthesiologist and Pain Management Physician located in Bangor, ME
Chronic pain can affect your physical, emotional, and mental health. In Bangor, Maine, double board-certified pain management specialist Ammar Mahmoud, MD, offers a variety of conservative solutions to ease your pain. He takes a personalized approach to care, diagnosing the root cause of your pain and customizing a treatment plan that makes sense for your unique needs. To learn more about the services available for chronic pain, call the office, or book an appointment online today.
Chronic pain describes persistent pain that lasts for longer than 12 weeks. This type of pain can range from a mild ache to severe, crippling pain. The pain can be due to an injury or degenerative changes as you age.
A variety of health conditions can lead to chronic pain anywhere in your body. When pain shows up in your back, neck, legs, knees, and hips, it can reduce your ability to move about and interfere with your general health and well-being.
Some of the most common causes of chronic pain that Dr. Mahmoud treats include:
Complex reflex sympathetic regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is another source of chronic pain that affects your muscles, bones, and skin due to dysfunction in your neurological system.
If you’ve had surgery, you could experience long-lasting post-surgical pain.
When persistent pain can no longer be treated with home care and over-the-counter medications, Dr. Mahmoud can help.
He reviews your personal and family medical histories, job, and usual activities. He discusses where and how severe your pain is and how it could be interfering with your life.
To identify the root source of your pain, Dr. Mahmoud offers on-site diagnostic testing and comprehensive physical exams. Once he understands your condition, he outlines a treatment plan that focuses on easing your pain and preventing your condition from worsening.
As an experienced pain management specialist, Dr. Mahmound uses the latest techniques and technologies to help you manage your pain.
For pain resulting from inflammation, nerve damage, arthritis, or another joint disease, he can recommend nerve blocks or steroid injections that deliver medications like anesthetics, steroids, and anti-inflammatories directly into the affected joint or another area of pain.
Dr. Mahmoud also offers radiofrequency ablation procedures, a minimally invasive treatment that destroys the nerve responsible for pain using heat created by radio waves.
If you have chronic back pain due to spinal conditions not treatable with conservative therapies, Dr. Mahmoud could recommend a spinal cord stimulator.
This involves attaching electric leads to nerves in your spine. The leads connect to a device you control to send electric currents into the nerve. The currents block pain signals from traveling to your brain.
To learn more about your options for chronic pain relief, schedule a consultation by calling the offices of Ammar Mahmoud, MD, or requesting an appointment online today.