Allevio Pain Management is excited to share select academic research with patients and the medical community. Through this area of our website, users can access some of our findings as we take an objective look at key areas of our pain management practice; encouraging understanding, innovation, and conversations about chronic pain. We want to share … Read more
Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a wide spectrum of painful conditions which usually occur after an initiating event and diagnosed clinically (1). S.W Mitchell was the first physician who reported the first CRPS patient in 1864 under the term of “causalgia” (2). In 1995, Stanton et a l called the disorders, including reflex sympathetic … Read more
When facing challenges, it is important to arm ourselves with knowledge and make well informed decisions in order to move forward. The Allevio Pain Management clinical team, research team and management are keeping a very close eye on infection control standards and pain management practice insights as we prepare to help patients in “our new … Read more
The study: A Comparison of Pain Control Between Occipital Nerve Block and Occipital Nerve Radiofrequency: A Retrospective Cohort Study, had Principle Investigator Allevio’s Dr. Rahul Pathak, and sub investigators Shadi Babazadeh, MD and Yeva Sahakyan, MD MPH The purpose of this study was to evaluate the comparative effects of Occipital Nerve Block (ONB) and Occipital … Read more
Allevio is very proud to have organized and received IRB approval for a study which considers IV Lidocaine infusion therapy for different kinds of Neuropathic pain. Allevio has been offering IV Lidocaine infusion treatments for over 5 years, and has seen many of our patients find success with this treatment. The infusion itself is covered … Read more
In Allevio’s ongoing quest to improve the way the world manages pain, several members of our amazing team, including our Research Coordination Lead, Shadi Babazadeh, MD, Allevio’s first full time physician Dr. Ramin Safakish, and our Medical Director, Dr. Imrat Sohanpal, have prepared a poster outlining our outcomes using Prolotherapy for Sacroiliac Joint (SI … Read more
Last month, Timothy Caulfield, Canada research chair in health law and policy at the University of Alberta, told the CBC in this article that the term “stem cell” is being dubiously used by marketers to sell products. It follows an article by Kelly Crowe, which highlights in more detail what kind of therapy is available in … Read more
Exciting new research has recently emerged regarding the impact of mental imagery on reported pain levels, which could open new paths for research and treatment. For patients living with chronic pain, it’s probably old news that pain can be different on different days, during different activities, or even when a patient is in different moods. This is … Read more