PAIN DIPLOMA

Generality: Course Objectives; Interventional Analgesia : What lies behind a name?; Neuroanatomy of pain pathways; Pathophysiology of nociception; Neuropathic pain pathophysiology and advancements in management; Evaluation of chronic pain patients; Pain measurement techniques and methods; Pain and genes; Placebo effect; Neuroanatomy related to interventional analgesia techniques; Ethics and interventional analgesia; Interventional analgesia and palliative care; Iatrogenic substance abuse and chronic pain syndromes; Interventional analgesia for post operative analgesia; Interventional pain procedures in ambulatory settings; Home care for peripheral nerve catheters; interventional analgesia for cancer pain; Pain and movement; movement and pain; Rehabilitation for chronic pain linked to discovertebral pain; Rehabilitation for chronic pain linked to MSK disorders; Interventional analgesia and chronic pain syndromes in children and teenagers; Spine MRI how to read one; Spine x-ray; US findings in MSK pathologies

TECHNIQUES (Mechanisms of action, Indications, Performance, Contraindications, Complications, Follow up): PRPf Injection : Principles and indications; Topical analgesia: lidocaïne plaster, and capsaicin patch; Botulinum Toxin for peripheral neuropathic pain; Ultrasonography Vs fluoroscopy for pain procedures; Blocks SS and catheters for CRPS1 syndromes; Sympathetic Blocks; TENS; Peripheral nerve stimulators; Steroids: joint injections and epidural; Neurolysis, Radiofrequency, IDET; Hypnosis; Chronic pain and acupuncture : principles and indications; Innovations in opioid administration : nasal, buccal, oral PCA; Ozone therapy for pain; Advanced techniques; Spinal neuromodulation part 1; Spinal neuromodulation part 2; kyphoplasty, intrathecal medication therapy; spinal cord stimulation postoperative pain; Epiduroscopy; Failed back pain syndrome and surgery; Neurosurgical techniques of interventional analgesia : Gamma-knife, cortical and spinal stimulation

Diagnosis and management (Signs, Clinical diagnosis, Imaging, Treatment strategy, Follow up)
General: Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (CRPS); Phantom Pain; Interventional analgesia and Cancer pain; Myofascial syndromes 1: Pathophysiology & Multidisciplinary approach; Myofascial syndromes 2: Intervention Options; Trigger point Injection: Injection selection(Dry needling, steroids, LA, PRP, Toxin); Post-herpetic neuralgia; Diabetic neuropathy; HIV pain; fibromyalgia
Head and neck (spine excluded): Headache; Migraine; Face pain ; trigeminal and orofacial pain
Trunk: Post mastectomy pain; Chronic Chest Wall pain + Rib Disfunction; abdominal wall
Pelvis: Piriformis syndrome; Postpartum Pain; Pelvis Pain
Spine: Interventional techniques applied to spinal refractory pain; Dorsal medial branch nerve; Nerve root injection diagnosis and treatment; Cervical facet Diagnosis and treatment; Discogenic pain; SIJ Diagnosis and treatment; Lumbar facet syndrome: Diagnosis and treatment; Failed back surgery syndrom FBSS; Lower back pain. Decision tree
Limbs: Peripheral Nerve blocks limb spasticity; Tendinitis & Bursitis; Entrapment syndrome
MSK Pathologies of the Upper limb: Shoulder; Elbow; Wrist
MSK pathologies of the lower limb: Hip; Knee; Ankle; Foot

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