Asian Pain Academy

Trigger finger is a common painful condition affecting the fingers and thumb, often causing catching, clicking, or locking during movement. It is associated with pathology of the A1 pulley, which surrounds the flexor tendon at the level of the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint. In this educational article, Asian Pain Academy presents the clinical approach to ultrasound-guided injection for Trigger Finger, including the anatomy of the A1 pulley, conservative management, corticos

Introduction: A New Chapter for Facet Joint Pain Facet-mediated spinal pain remains one of the most discussed—and sometimes most misunderstood—areas of interventional pain medicine. Should every patient with facet arthropathy on MRI receive a facet injection? Should every patient with a positive medial branch block proceed to radiofrequency ablation? Are intra-articular facet injections still relevant? And perhaps most importantly: Is radiofrequency ablation still the preferr

The Participant Review: Asian Pain Academy Pain Management Workshop (July 2–5, 2026) page showcases the experiences and feedback of doctors who attended our intensive four-day workshop in Pain Medicine. Participants from India and Nepal share how the combination of evidence-based lectures, live demonstrations, and supervised hands-on training in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSK USG) and fluoroscopy-guided pain interventions helped strengthen their clinical skills and confidenc