COMMONWEALTH PAIN AND SPINE Brandon Gish, MD • Brendon Coughtry, MD Commonwealth Pain and Spine is a multidisciplinary practice, located in the Hamburg area, that helps patients find pain relief through the latest, most clinically proven interventional pain techniques available today. Dr. Brandon Gish, MD, completed his training at the University of Kentucky and Vanderbilt University. Dr. Brendon Coughtry, MD, who also serves the opioid-stricken Eastern Kentucky community, graduated from the Medical College of Georgia and has practiced interventional pain for more than 15 years. Both physicians are board certified in anesthesiology and pain management. Dr. Gish and Dr. Coughtry fully understand that the patients they see are overwhelmed by the frequency and duration of their pain: “I empathize with my patients, recognizing that pain can be exhausting, debilitating, and limit the quality of life. I believe that treatment plans for each patient should be individualized for each patient based on life circumstances and individual goals.” For Drs. Gish and Coughtry, pain relief results in more than symptom alleviation; it means a patient resumes activities they once loved. The doctors
agree that the seeing patients enjoying life again shows true progress. In Kentucky, there is a darker side that pain specialists like Drs. Gish and Coughtry know all too well -- our statewide opioid crisis. Unfortunately, Kentucky holds the third-highest rate of opioid addiction related-deaths. Pain management doctors must actively seek other methods, such as pharmacologic, interventional or regenerative, to alleviate pain. Basically, pharmacologic pain management focuses on non-opioid drug solutions; interventional pain relief involves advanced techniques that focus on treating pain at the nerve and joint level; and regenerative pain relief tackles pain by helping the body heal itself through restorative work with components like membranes and stem cells. “We find that most patients are unaware of these [alternative methods] prior to consultation,” adds Dr. Gish. Collaborating with a staff who shares their vision and seeing patients continue to make progress inspires the doctors to work for the greater good, even in a challenging time for pain management within the Commonwealth.
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