Please refer back to the past two blogs to find the background material for todays blog. Although the number of CARF approved pain centers in the US halved, the number of outpatient pain centers mushroomed. The services provided however focused on two areas-1.Medication management, 2. Nerve blocks and other invasive procedures. Although many patients could be helped with one or both of these approaches, many patients in need of physical therapy and psychological services that were integrated with the overall treatment plan, would no longer receive optimal treatment.

April 22, 2010 - 6:26pm — Posted by Dr. Norman Marcus

John Bonica, M.D. a world renowned anesthesiologist at the University of Washington in Seattle was the individual most responsible for the creation of a new specialty, Pain Medicine. In 1977 The American Pain Society was founded and became the United States national chapter in the International Association for the Study of Pain. Complicated difficult to treat pain patients were usually not successfully treated by a physician representing one medical discipline and thus the multi-disciplinary pain treatment model was created.

April 21, 2010 - 6:58pm — Posted by Dr. Norman Marcus

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April 13, 2010 - 1:10pm — Posted by Dr. Norman Marcus