Is Your Doctor Blaming You Because Your Pain Therapy Isn’t Working?
by Rothbart
Filed under The Doctor Says
The following email was sent to me by one of my patients. With her permission, I am passing this on to you. "This afternoon, I was thinking about how many therapies I have tried, at great expense and to no effect. Each time, the doctor or therapist blamed me, one way or another, for the [...]
Why Chronic Pain Patients Also Suffer From Confusion
by Rothbart
Filed under The Doctor Says
Often you hear it said – Do as the doctor says, he knows best! But is this always true? And what if one doctor advises you to do one thing and another doctor gives you contrary advice? Often my patients come to me in confusion as to why they receive so many different opinions and suggested [...]
Only Those Who’ve Suffered With Chronic Pain Truly Understand It
by Rothbart
Filed under The Doctor Says
Hello – I’m Professor/Dr. Brian Rothbart. When I interview patients for the first time, they usually relate stories of not being understood or not being believed by previous healthcare providers. "No one believes my pain is as bad as I say it is," they often tell me. "They act like it's all in my [...]
Treating the Source of Chronic Pain Eliminates the Need for Drugs
by Rothbart
Filed under The Doctor Says
Recently I received this email from a chronic pain sufferer: "I have had five back surgeries over 17 years and had three discs out with having four more that need to come out. My doctors are in the Bay Area (San Francisco). I see my pain management doctor every six weeks, since 1996. I have [...]
