When the Pain Won’t Leave the Field: Managing Chronic Pain in Sports Injury
Most sports injuries follow a familiar script. Athletes are aiming for better and better performances and overextend their limits in trying to be supermen. And Tissues gets damaged as they will, with full blown expression of the 4 Components of inflammation , Rubor ( redness) dolor (pain flares) calor (warmth) and tumour (swelling). The athlete […]
Regenerative Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis: Is It for Treating Pain or to Help Healing?
Understanding Knee Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease, and the knee is its most frequent target. It is not simply “wear and tear” — it is a complex, progressive breakdown of the entire joint environment, involving cartilage, bone, synovial membrane, ligaments, and the muscles around the joint. Stages of Knee OA […]
How Patients look at Needles necessary for Pain Therapy
The thought of needles can bring up a wide range of emotions—from confidence to complete fear and even terror. Interventions in pain management have to use needles, be it for nerve blocks, regenerative therapy or muscle treatment like ultrasound guided dry needling (USGDN) or botox. Why needling is essential- Over the past 25 years we […]
Cerebral Palsy: Out Of Box Treatment From Ashirwad Perspective
A Blessed Opportunity to Serve Children with Cerebral Palsy Recently, we have been blessed to treat Cerebral Palsy (CP) children from KEM Hospital where I am an honorary consultant Pain Physician for paediatric department there. I say blessed because I have been associated with CP children as a paediatric anaesthesiologist at Wadia Children’s Hospital from […]
Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Pain – Explained in Simple Words
What is the SI Joint? Inside our lower back, there is a joint on both sides, just above the buttocks. This joint connects the spine (backbone) to the pelvis (hip bones). This joint is called the Sacroiliac joint, or SI joint. Many people with lower back pain actually have pain coming from this joint — […]
A Journey into Pain Management: Moments That Changed My Perspective
How early clinical experiences and mentorship shaped my approach to treating chronic pain My journey into the field of chronic pain management began during my regional anesthesia fellowship. I, Rani Pashani, vividly remember a patient who arrived with a fracture, crying out in unbearable pain. After administering an ultrasound-guided nerve block, his pain reduced instantly, and […]
A Journey From Anaesthesia to Pain Medicine: Finding Purpose in Healing
My name is Dr. Madhavi Raikwar, and this is not just a story of my career—it is the story of discovering meaning, compassion, and a calling beyond expectation. The Foundation of My Medical Journey My medical journey began at Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, where I completed my MBBS. After graduation, like […]
Understanding Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Osteoarthritis of the knee is a common problem after middle age. It may also occur earlier if there is any injury to the ligaments of the knee or the muscles that move it. The world prevalence is 10-20% with India reporting a higher prevalence of 20-39% probably because of lack of exercise, nutritional issues and […]
Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia Using PRF of Trigeminal Nerve Branches Followed by USG-Guided Dry Needling
Trigeminal neuralgia is a very painful condition associated with sudden severe shocks over the face and Pain. It may also be associated with inability to open the mouth during an acute attack. The attacks may be repetitive, depending on the severity and last a few seconds, but the intensity of pain is such that it […]
A Remarkable Migraine Recovery Journey at Ashirvad: Hope Beyond Pain
The Patient’s Struggle with Chronic Migraine Today I saw a patient with migraine a week after our treatment at Ashirvad. She had been referred to me by her brother, a senior radiologist of Mumbai for this problem who had called me initially to discuss her of very severe migraine in detail because he was very […]
