Video Podcasts

Overview:
An estimated 85 million Americans are living with chronic pain, which adds up to billions of dollars in health care expenses and lost productivity. This program features an interview with a pain management specialist who talks about strategies and treatments for chronic pain, including back pain.

Part two of this two-part program addresses the following topics:

• Back pain treatments
• Physical therapy
• Lumbar spine
• Functional discogram
• Back injections/nerve blocks
• Pain pumps
• Spinal stimulation
• Chronic pain research

Guest:
Dr. Thelma Wright, director of the University of Maryland Pain Management Center, which is located at Kernan Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Wright is also an assistant professor of anesthesiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Related Information:

• UMMC Pain Management Center at Kernan
• Overview: Pain Management FAQs
• Feature Story: Taking the Pain Out of Interventional Pain Management
• Physicians and Staff
• "Hey, My Doctor's on TV!" Behind the Scenes at Maryland Health Today