The pain management clinic is dedicated to providing comprehensive care to patients suffering from pain. The outpatient clinic diagnoses and treats patients with a variety of chronic, co-morbid pains, i.e. diseases of the spine, joints, migraines, internal organs, cancer.
Depending on the patient's needs, the pain management clinic provides psychological assistance, rehabilitation and physiotherapy in addition to consultations with specialists anesthesiologist, neurologist, rheumatologist.
What does a visit to a pain management clinic look like?
A visit to a pain management clinic is similar to other visits to medical specialists. It begins with the pain management specialist taking a detailed history of the patient's problems and the symptoms he or she is presenting with and the medications he or she is taking. The doctor will perform basic examinations, make recommendations for further treatment, and answer the patient's questions.
You can bring to your pain management clinic appointment the results of previous tests, if you have any, and an information sheet from a possible hospital stay.
What does a pain management specialist do?
A pain management specialist primarily treats patients suffering from chronic pain:
- neuralgia,
- migraine headaches,
- pains associated with changes in the spine, joints,
- cancer pains,
- post-traumatic pain,
- polyneuropathies, including diabetic, ischemic.
In addition, the pain management specialist deals with:
- educating and identifying opportunities to improve the mental and physical well-being of patients.
If necessary, the allergist can also order other tests to detect allergens - total IgE and panels of tests to diagnose different types of allergies: food, inhalant, insect venom, mixed.
