Beyond Painkillers: Introduction to Interventional Pain Management | Dr. Rahul Kumar

#InterventionalPainManagement #PainManagement #ChronicPain 00:00 - Intro 01:09 - What is Pain? 02:33 - Neuroplasticity 03:26 - Traditional pain Management 03:47 - Interventional Pain management 05:06 - Common Interventional Procedures 05:36 - Genicular Nerve Block Video 06:49 - Image Guidance 08:04 - Case Discussion 13:30 - Lumbar Radiculopathy 14:12 - Types Of Epidural Steroid Injections 18:20 - Summary 19:04 - Key Takeaways Chronic pain affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, and for many, conventional analgesics and physiotherapy provide only partial or temporary relief. Interventional Pain Management is a rapidly growing subspecialty of medicine — defined by the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) as "a discipline devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of pain-related disorders, principally through minimally invasive techniques" — that offers targeted, image-guided solutions to interrupt pain at its very source rather than simply masking it. The interventional pain toolkit is broad and powerful: epidural steroid injections for radicular and spinal pain, nerve blocks and medial branch blocks for facet-mediated and neuropathic conditions, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for long-lasting relief from arthritic and spinal pain, spinal cord stimulation for refractory chronic pain syndromes, trigger point injections, sacroiliac joint injections, and intrathecal drug delivery systems — each procedure targeting a specific anatomical source of pain with precision guided by fluoroscopy or ultrasound. Unlike long-term opioid therapy, these interventional approaches offer the promise of sustained pain relief with minimal systemic side effects, reduced opioid dependency, improved functional outcomes, and better quality of life — making them an increasingly indispensable pillar of modern multimodal pain management. In this comprehensive introductory session, Dr. Rahul Kumar lays the essential foundation — covering the scope, philosophy, key techniques, patient selection, and the pivotal role of anaesthesiologists in the growing field of interventional pain medicine. This session is essential for anaesthesiologists, pain physicians, residents, and all clinicians interested in stepping beyond pharmacological pain management to offer their patients lasting, targeted relief. About Ozone Learning Academy: Ozone Learning Academy is the academic initiative of the Ozone Anaesthesia Group, offering weekly Thursday evening sessions on clinically relevant anaesthesia and perioperative topics by expert faculty, for continuous professional development. 📌 Don't forget to: 👍 Like this video if it opened a new perspective on pain management for you 🔄 Share it with your anaesthesia colleagues, pain physicians, residents, and medical students 🔔 Subscribe to Ozone Learning Academy and hit the bell icon for every Thursday academic session 📺 Subscribe now: \[    / @ozoneanaesthesiagroup  ] 💬 Comment below — Are you interested in building interventional pain skills? Tell us in the comments! 🌐 Ozone Learning Academy - Where Expertise Meets Excellence in Anesthesiology. Credits Video Editing- Mr. Vipul Tribhuwan/Dr. Sujitkumar Khade Concept & Thumbnail - Dr. Sujitkumar Khade Production- Ozone Anaesthesia Group