New Delhi, May 2025 – Chronic pain has emerged as one of India’s most underestimated public health burdens. Affecting an estimated 19.3 percent of Indian adults, nearly 200 million people, it is now more prevalent than diabetes and heart disease combined. Yet, pain continues to be addressed symptomatically rather than treated as a clinical condition in its own right.
For millions of Indians, chronic pain isn’t just physical discomfort. It affects mobility, productivity, relationships, and mental health. With over ₹50,000 crores lost annually to reduced workforce participation and disability, the economic cost is staggering. The deeper issue is that India still lacks a dedicated care framework. Most patients are left navigating between general practitioners, orthopaedics, and unregulated interventions, with little clarity or continuity of care.
“Pain is not just a sensation to silence. It is a medical condition that requires structured, long-term management,” said Dr. Naveen Talwar, Medical Director at Nivaan Care. “At Nivaan, every patient is assessed and led by a team of postgraduate doctors who specialise in Pain Management. We don’t provide temporary relief. We begin by diagnosing the underlying cause and then build a personalised, protocol-based treatment plan guided by scientific evidence.”
Patients often come to Nivaan after months or even years of navigating fragmented care. Having tried medication, physical therapy, or even surgeries, many still struggle with unresolved pain due to incorrect or incomplete diagnosis. Lack of follow-up only worsens the outcomes.
“Nivaan was founded to break the cycle of sub-optimal pain management,” said Nivesh Khandelwal, Founder & CEO of Nivaan Care. “We use targeted interventional procedures like radiofrequency ablation and image-guided nerve blocks. For degenerative conditions such as osteoarthritis, we offer regenerative solutions including platelet-rich plasma. What we offer is not trial and error. It is structured, specialist-led, medically coordinated care.”
Urban centres like Delhi are seeing a sharp rise in pain-related disorders, often linked to sedentary lifestyles and age-related wear and tear. But even in major cities, patients often lack access to one integrated, accountable system that provides both diagnosis and recovery planning under one roof.
“What sets Nivaan apart is our commitment to coordinated care,” said Dr. Jyotsna Agarwal, Head Clinical Development at Nivaan Care. “We don’t send patients from one provider to another. Our pain specialists oversee every step, from procedures to physiotherapy, nutrition, and counselling. And we stay with the patient until they are pain free. That is the care model India needs and deserves.”
Nivaan Care is also working to bring more attention to chronic pain within India’s health policy landscape. It is collaborating with hospitals, insurers, and healthcare professionals to promote recognition of pain medicine as a distinct specialty, rooted in global clinical standards and driven by outcome-focused care.
“We founded Nivaan with a single belief – that no one should live a life limited by pain,” said Vishwas Singh, Co-Founder of Nivaan Care. “India needs more than piecemeal solutions. We need an organised pain care ecosystem that’s empathetic, evidence-based, and accountable. That’s the vision we are building, one patient at a time.”