Dr Deepak Ravindran

Pain Management Specialist in Berkshire

MD FRCA FFPMRCA EDRA FIPP DMSMed

GMC: 6080958

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Dr Deepak Ravindran is an extremely well-regarded and highly experienced and qualified pain management specialist based in Reading. He is the founder and director of Berkshire Pain Clinic and possesses over 20 years of specialist experience in treating pain disorders with the appropriate use of multidisciplinary techniques to improve quality of life for his patients.

He is a published author and wrote the Amazon Best Seller “The Pain Free Mindset” and hosts an educational Youtube channel as well. He is the one of the very few double certified in lifestyle medicine specialists in the UK. Dr Ravindran is an honorary professor at Teesside University and a fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of Royal College of Anaesthetists and a member of the British Pain Society and the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine. He is also a visiting lecturer at Reading University and is a consultant for pain medicine and Long COVID at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

Notably, Dr Ravindran uses a trauma-informed ‘upstreamist’ approach to pain practice and helped set up two award-winning NHS services: the community pain service in Berkshire (IPASS) in 2015 and the Berkshire Long COVID Integrated Service (BLIS) in 2020. Dr Ravindran has also completed a diploma in musculoskeletal medicine. Dr Ravindran’s pain clinics offer a comprehensive service, starting with expert diagnosis and followed up by medical treatment that is complemented by expert support from specialists in physiotherapy and psychology. His areas of special clinical expertise include the treatment of neck and back pain, fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), and cancer pain.

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Credentials

GMC: ‍6080958

Professional experience

• More than 25 years of experience
• Pain Management Specialist, Circle Reading Hospital (present)
• Pain Management Specialist, Spire Dunedin Hospital (present)

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Sub-specialties

• Pain management
• Spinal pain
• PRP/regenerative therapy injections
• Neuropathic pain
• Musculoskeletal pain
• Back pain
• Facet joint pain
• Sacroiliac joint pain
• Failed back surgery syndrome
• Piriformis syndrome
• Facial pain
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Migraines
• Occipital neuralgia
• Post herpetic neuralgia
• IV lidocaine infusion
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Iioinguinal and genitofemoral neuralgia
• Pelvic pain
• Vulvodynia
• Groin pain
• Gynaecological pain
• Shoulder pain
• Hip pain
• Knee pain
• Ankle pain
• Joint pain
• Osteoarthritis
• Post-surgical pain
• Abdominal pain
• Opioid (morphine based) medication advice and review
• Pain medication guidance and advice
• Coccydynia
• Whiplash pain disorder
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• Myofascial pain syndrome
• Botox for migraine
• Prolotherapy
• Cancer pain
• Long COVID

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Positions in public associations

• Director, Berkshire Pain Clinic (present)
• Founder, Berkshire Pain Clinic (present)
• Chief Medical Officer, Boutros Bear (2022 - present)
• Consultant, Pain Medicine and Long COVID, Royal Berkshire Hospital (present)

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Teaching posts

• Visiting Lecturer, Reading University (present)
• Honorary Professor, Teesside University (Present)

Education

• MBBS, JIMPER, Pondicherry (1998)
• MD, JIMPER, Pondicherry (2002)
• FRCA, Royal College of Anaesthetists, London (2005)
• FFPMRCA, Faculty of Pain Medicine (2010)
• FIPP, World Institute of Pain (2012)
• DipMSMed, British Institute of MSK Medicine (2015)
• BSLM/IBLM Diploma in Lifestyle Medicine (2020)
• CMgr CMCI, Chartered Management Institute (2021)
• BA, Management, Henley Business School (2022)

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Publications and conferences

• You can see Dr Ravindran's publications on ResearchGate.

Prizes and awards

• Gold Medal, Pondicherry University, Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Best Graduate (2002)
• Apprentice of the Year CMI UK 2021 for Management, Henley Business School (2021)

Professional membership

• British Pain Society
• Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine
• Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
• International Association for the Study of Pain
• British Society of Lifestyle Medicine

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Languages spoken

English
Hindi
Tamil
Telugu