A person who has lost the comfort of life by suffering from pain only wants to get rid of that pain. The most common causes of pain are musculoskeletal and spinal disorders.
The most fashionable treatment approach, especially in recent times, is to eliminate pain.
While the patient is barely managing his/her life with pain, with the slightest touch, he/she suddenly feels as if he/she has just been born. He returns home almost jumping up and down. In fact, this is what everyone expects.
◊ Do injections with an algologic approach help?
Algology is a branch of science that has taken its place in the literature as the science of pain and primarily offers comfort to patients with chronic and unresolved pain with minimal approaches.
However, since it is a branch of science, it is a treatment chain that can be performed by specialized doctors who have passed through scientific ranks and swallowed chalk dust, so to speak. I am not talking about those who take a needle in every hand and stab arrows into joints, muscles and spines.
◊ Has everyone become a painkiller or a pinpoint shooter?
In brain, spinal cord and neurosurgery, only 3-4 percent of patients with spinal problems are in the group that can be solved by surgery.
There are very serious abuses in the treatment of patients outside this percentage group.
It is unspeakably horrible that this is done by people with no scientific approach and no medical training.
If we talk a little about the anatomy of the spine, you will understand how risky such interventions are. Of course, don’t be afraid and do not hesitate to get your treatment in competent hands.
Our spinal bones, neck, back, waist and sacrum-coxix (coccyx), consist of cushions that we call the disc space outside the sacrum-coxix and between the 1st and 2nd bones of the neck.
We also have facets on the back side of this alignment that connect to each other like a joint, left and right.
The cervical parts of these vertebral bones consist of 7 vertebrae, the anterior neighbors are the esophagus and trachea, and the anterior-side neighbors are the arteries and veins.
The anterior neighborhood of the dorsal and lumbar vertebrae is much more important, with the ascents and descents of the heart and aorta and their collecting vessels on their way up.
On top of all this, the spinal cord, which provides all brain conduction from the neck downwards, extends all the way downwards in the canal, surrounded by a fluid-filled membrane.
What is the delicacy of injecting in this area?
After mentioning the important structures in the spine adjacent to the injection sites, even massage, let alone injections, should be viewed with suspicion.
THE ONE WHO SUFFERS THE PAIN KNOWS
The best thing to do with a person in pain is to find the cause. Pain is our alarm.
When you turn it off, you cannot find out where the thief is, it may be too late.
Likewise, when you shut down the pain system, the wear and tear and damage continues, causing even more distressing and irreversible damage.
Spot-on treatments
Long-term painkillers and corticosteroids are used in injections to temporarily reduce chronic pain in the spine and joints and minimize its frequency.
If these drugs are administered incorrectly, unnecessarily or in overdose, patients may experience sudden cardiac arrest, gastric bleeding, fluid accumulation in the body cavities (which we call edema) and heart failure.
In addition, some injections can cause spinal nerve injury and major vessel injuries, and laser and radiofrequency can cause nerve burns.
In conclusion, pay attention to statements such as “Painless solution, definitive solution to your pain, get rid of your pain in 5 minutes with an injection, solution to waist-neck hernias without surgery”.
While you are afraid of surgery, do not cause damage that cannot be corrected even with surgery, and do not make your life miserable.
We all deserve the right treatment at the right place, with the right specialist.