In Clarksville pain is managed by specially trained doctors that are selected from various medical specializations including physicians, nurses and neurologists. They are approved and certified by the board after a short special study on how to management it. Controlling it could be an easy task or be very complicated depending on the cause. There are different approaches on how it can be managed.

To effectively manage it, the treatment should be guided by factors such as the intensity, factors that aggravate or relief it and the duration it has lasted. It serves as an important protective agent that helps the body quickly detect any abnormality in then body. Studies have proved that it is the most common reason by for seeking medical care. How people respond to it varies making it hard to accurately determine the intensity except by the description of the patients.

There are several ways that have been developed to classify it. Based on the duration, it could be described as acute or chronic. With the acute type, it has a sudden onset and is mostly as a result of a clearly defined injury while chronic lasts usually more than two weeks to even months and the cause is mostly chronic conditions such as malignancies. Based on intensity or severity, it could be mild if slight, moderate or severe when it is unbearable.

The health status of a patient and the cause are important determinants on the choice of approach for treatment. Treatment of critically ill patients requires strong analgesic irrespective of severity. There are also some other types that can only be relieved by strong or even combined analgesic therapy. There are two broad approaches of treatment, a medical and a non-medical approach.

The non medical approach is an informal form that may not require much knowledge. It includes what is popularly called first aid activities that can be done in a home setting like resting and application of ice on the body part that has been affected to other informal and traditional practices like acupuncture and chiropractic. Other commonly used methods include massage, hypnosis and electric stimulation.

The medical methods entail convectional drugs that have been scientifically examined. The drugs can be broadly placed into three classes; opioid class, non opioid group and the adjuvant group. Non opioid group has non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen based analgesics like Tylenol.

The opioid class has many drugs that can be distinguished by their duration of action. They are categorized into short acting, intermediate and long acting. These groups of drug are known for their strong analgesic effect and are very efficient in managing chronic and severe pain. They can be administered in various ways depending on what caused it including orally, subcutaneously and rectally.

The final group is that of adjuvant analgesics, these are not true analgesic because they have their own other functions in the body. In addition to that role however, they cause relief and can thus be utilize for analgesic purposes. Examples include muscles relaxants which are used to treat problems resulting from muscular conditions. Clarksville pain physicians integrate all these modes to give relief to the patients they handle.