Pain Management Clinic

Overview

At the Comprehensive Pain Management Clinic at the Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, we are dedicated to help you live a life with less pain and more function without heavy reliance on medications. Whether you are facing acute or chronic pain—from surgery, injury, cancer, or unknown causes—we use a personalised approach to support your recovery and comfort.

Our multidisciplinary team, including pain specialists, oncologists, orthopaedics, neurologists, and palliative care specialists, combines medical, interventional, physical, and psychological therapies to create the right plan for you.

Our Services
Conditions We Treat

Medical Management involves the use of medicines to relieve pain safely and effectively.
Interventional Procedures:
- Epidural steroid injections are used to reduce inflammation and pain in the spine.
- Facet joint injections are used to relieve joint pain in the spine.
- Neurolytic injections, where nerves are targeted to block long-standing pain.
- Neurolept therapy to manage severe, resistant pain with advanced drug techniques.
- Nerve Blocks (Lumbar, Celiac, Hypogastric, Stellate, Sphenopalatine) to block pain signals from specific nerve groups.
- Radiofrequency ablations, where heat is used to disrupt pain-carrying nerves.
- Peripheral nerve blocks involve numbing of the nerves outside the spinal cord.
- Dry needling / Trigger point injections are used to relieve muscle pain and stiffness.
Post-operative Pain Care to manage pain after surgery for a smooth recovery.
Labour Pain Management to provide safe pain relief during childbirth.
Neuromodulation Therapy, where nerve stimulation is used to control complex chronic pain.
Physical and Occupational Therapy is used to improve strength and daily function.
Psychological approaches, such as cognitive behavioural therapy, guided imagery, biofeedback, and group/individual psychological counselling, for better pain management.
Education & Counselling to help understand and manage chronic pain more effectively.

We treat patients with the following conditions (among others):

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS): Ongoing pain in a limb after injury or surgery
Acute pain (Perioperative): Short-term pain around the time of surgery
Chronic pain: Pain lasting more than 3 months, often affecting daily life
Arthritic and joint pain: Pain in shoulders, knees, hips, or other joints and stiffness due to arthritis.
Vascular pain: Pain from poor blood flow or inflamed blood vessels
Myofascial pain: Muscle pain caused by sensitive trigger points
Pain related to sports injuries
Cancer-related pain
Neuropathic pain: Nerve pain often felt as burning, tingling, or shooting sensations
Abdominal or pelvic pain: Ongoing pain in the stomach or lower pelvic area
Neck pain and lower back pain
Headaches, such as migraines and tension-related headaches
Trigeminal neuralgia: Sudden, sharp facial pain due to nerve irritation