A pain management specialist focuses on problems related to chronic or long-term pain.
Chronic pain is often caused by a long-standing illness and significantly reduces a person’s quality of life. It can interfere with work and daily activities, and may also disturb sleep. A pain management doctor helps to find a suitable treatment plan or adjust an existing one, evaluates the effectiveness of pain therapy, provides counseling on coping with pain, and, if necessary, orders additional tests to clarify the cause of pain.
Patients with chronic pain syndromes, unclear causes of pain, or pain that has not responded to standard treatments are welcome to consult a pain management specialist. In addition, the doctor can also be consulted on matters related to surgery and anesthesia—for example, counseling on how to cope with postoperative pain or addressing concerns and fears about anesthesia.
