DR. MEDHA PHADKE, MBBS, M.D., FIAPM
PAIN IS INEVITABLE, SUFFERING IS AVOIDABLE DR. MEDHA PHADKE, MBBS,M.D., FIAPM Breakthrough pain interventionist, anesthesiologist with more than a decade of experience. Visiting pain consultant at Joshi and Ratna memorial hospital, Pune. Visiting pain consultant at Jupitar Hospital, Pune. What is pain? Can we avoid it altogether? Simply put, pain is an unpleasant sensation or the 'hurt’ that comes with some injury. It is actually a helpful mechanism designed by nature, so that we stay away from any dangerous object or situation. It is due to the pain that we come to know of any problem in the body or in the environment. For example, if we are exerting too much at work or at exercise, we start experiencing pain in our body which signals us to take a break, rest and re-energise. So pain is inevitable. But sometimes the cause of pain gets removed but the pain continues. We are not able to do our regular activities due to excessive pain. At that point of time, there...