Treatment Methods

Solutions at Dr.Hoa Pain & Physiotherapy Clinic (Dr.Hoa PPC)

1. You will be examined and diagnosed by a doctor specialized in pain management:
– Top expert in pain management in VietNam.
– The first Vietnamese doctor to graduate in pain management from Paris VII university, Paris, France.
– Doctor has more than 27 years of experience in medicine and more than 13 years in chronic pain management.
– She is able to combine different types of pain treatment:
+ General care –Medication treatment.
+ Interventional pain management
+ Advanced physiotherapic solutions
+ Posture therapy
+ Psychiatric care

2. Pain conditions treated at Dr Hoa clinic:
– Chronic pain
– Headache: Migraine and non-migraine.
– Spinal pain: Neck pain, back pain, spinal disc pathology, disc herniation, spine stenosis, facet joint pain, pelvic dysfunction, pelvic pain, post-spinal-surgery pain.
– Myofascial pain: Myofascial pain syndrome, fibromyalgia syndrome, elbow pain, heel pain, trigger finger.
– Joint pain: Degenerative joint pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, hip pain, pain from other arthropathies that are being specially treated and require supportive pain management therapy.
– Neuropathic pain: Diabetic neuropathy, post-shingles pain, spinal injury pain,post-stroke pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, regional complex pain syndrome,Trigeminal Neuralgia
– Osteoporosis: Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis, osteoporotic pain.
– Pain from physical activities.
– Anxiety – depression and pain.
– Cancer pain

3. Means of diagnosis:
– Chosen in cooperation with other diagnostic centers, hospitals, and reputable doctors.
– Rest assured that Dr.Hoa will examine, diagnose and treat your pain, as if you were her family.

4. Different treatments
– Dr.Hoa PPC combines different treatments to suit the individual needs of each patient, ensuring fast and effective treatment while using few medications and no surgery.
– When surgery is needed, Dr.Hoa will provide you with optimal solutions and introduce you to the top surgeons in Vietnam for your illness.

4.1. Medications
– Proper medication with limited side effects is our top priority at Dr. Hoa PPC

4.2. Interventional pain management
– Dr Hoa is the leading expert in the field of Interventional pain management, who is trained by the best professionals in the field from the US, France, Belgium and Singapore, from 2005 to 2011. She received the certificate from the International Pain Institute (IPI) in 2006.
– The interventional techniques for treating pain are minimally invasive, help with quick recovery, accurately diagnose and help patients avoid unnecessary surgeries

* Techniques are performed in the operating theater of Franco-Vietnamese hospital in district 7

The techniques include:
+ Epidural injection
+ Selective Nerve Root Injections
+ Facet joint injections
+ Peripheral Nerve blocks
+Radiofrequency Ablation / Neurolysis / Denervation
+ Pulsed Radiofrequency Interventions
+ IDET / Annuloplasty
+ Discography/Discogram
+ Joint Injections with C-ARM: Knee- Shoulder – Sacroiliac

*Techniques are performed in the OPD clinic of Franco-Vietnamese hospital in district 7
+ Articular infiltration: Steroid, hyaluronidase
+ Nerve Block diagnostic
+ Trigger point injection (Mesotherapy)

4.3. Non- invasive treatment: Physiotherapy & Exercise therapy
Dr.Hoa and her staff are highly trained and equipped with the latest technology in pain management, which will help patients effectively deal with their pains and optimally limit the needed amount of medications and surgeries.