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 […]
My Journey with Post-Cesarean Pain and Healing Through USGDN
The Unseen Struggle After a C-Section My name is Dr. Shalakha Desai, and like many new mothers, I had a C-section. As a doctor, I thought I knew what recovery would look like. But no textbook prepared me for the pain that lingered — the burning, the pulling, the tightness across the scar that made even […]
How Abdominal Organs Express Pain
Last week, we had two patients with abdominal pain, which responded beautifully to Ashirvad model of pain understanding and treatment, that muscles form an integral part of every pain and need to be addressed along with the involved nerves. Or as it happened in these 2 patients just muscle treatments like Ultrasound guided Botulinum toxin […]
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) – 2
Figure 16 USG showing muscle regeneration at 12 days Row 1: Right hand with CRPS swollen warm and painful cant bend the finges at all. Pinch gauge for finger shows very low pressure and dynamometer zero pressure. Row 2: The USG images on 6th December show that there are no clear outlines for muscles which are […]
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
This is a pain condition that occurs after any injury, surgery, excessive use with overactivity (repetitive strain injury syndromes) and occasionally may occur spontaneously. It may involve any part of the body, but the upper limb is most commonly involved (figure 1) followed by lower limb (after knee or ankle/foot surgery or injury) It may rarely […]
Understanding and Treating Writer’s Cramp: A Neurological Movement Disorder
What is Writer’s Cramp? Writer’s cramp affects people between the ages of 30 and 50. It is more than just hand fatigue after a long writing session, but a neurological movement disorder. It affects coordination and control of finger movements to cause painful cramps or involuntary muscle contractions in the fingers, hand, or forearm, often […]
Avascular Necrosis (AVN) of Hip
Avascular necrosis occurs most commonly at the hip and has recently been a common complication of Covid. Many young people come with debilitating hip pain BBhaskar can you enumerate the conditions commonly associated with AVN and also the exact description of AVN? At Ashirvad Institute for Pain Management and Research, we consider that any joint pathology […]
Introduction: The Evolution of the Human Spine
The human spine has evolved from that of 4 legged animals where the stability was very well distributed between four legs. When humans adopted the erect posture we gained the benefit of height with a better vantage to survey the surroundings,]the hands were freed for skill development. However, the weight of the whole body came […]