Pain Medicine - Medical specialists

According to the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) pain is "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience that is associated with actual or impending tissue damage." So pain is not only about the perception through a " pain receptor ", but also about feelings. Thus it is clear: fear and stress have a negative effect on our perception of pain. What pain actually is, therefore, also depends on the initial psychological situation of a patient.

Of course: pain medicine is all about relieving pain. Thus, the task of pain therapy is to use all therapeutic methods to reduce mostly chronic pain. Since pain is often seen independently from certain diseases, pain management requires an interdisciplinary approach.

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Pain Medicine - Further information

In the search for specialists in pain you will find medical experts for treatment and surgical intervention in the speciality of pain therapy. You are suffering from arthritis or chronic pain due to cancer, arthrosis or post-amputation phantom pain and need an expert in pain therapy? Or you are seeking a pain centre for the treatment of nerve pain, joint pain, headaches or back pain? Here you will find selected pain therapy specialists.

Specialist in pain management

A pain management expert is a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain. In addition to chronic tumour pain, stomach and lower abdominal pain acute, severe pain due to a herniated disc, nerve inflammation, arthrosis or acute inflammation are among the best known indications. The most frequent operations in the field of pain therapy include neurosurgical interventions for herniated disc, correction of stenoses of the spinal canal and nerve transplantations, as well as the implantation of electrical spinal cord stimulation and pump systems.

In addition to professional surgical knowledge, pain therapists also have knowledge of diagnostic procedures, as well as disease-related pre- and post-diagnostic treatment. To become a specialist in pain therapy, a physician must complete six years of postgraduate training.

Therapeutic range of services of pain medicine

The therapeutic range of services of pain specialists includes, in the area of medical pain therapy, among other things antidepressants, antiepileptics, opioids, systemic analgesics and therapeutic local anaesthesia. Operative pain management includes neurosurgical interventions for herniated disc, the correction of stenoses of the spinal canal, nerve transplantation, carpal tunnel syndrome, ischemia pain and angina pectoris. Also part of the range of services of pain therapists is the implantation of electrical spinal cord stimulation, implantation of pump systems, cryoneurolysis, conservative pain therapy, cryoanalgesia (freezing), TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation), trigger point treatment, thermotherapy, electrotherapy, acupuncture/acupressure and biofeedback.

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