The Pain Management Clinic provides comprehensive care for patients suffering from pain. The clinic diagnoses and treats patients with various chronic pain conditions, including those associated with spinal and joint pain, migraines, internal organ disease, and cancer.
Depending on the patient's needs, the pain management clinic, in addition to consultations with specialists such as anesthesiologists, neurologists, and rheumatologists, also provides psychological support, rehabilitation, and physiotherapy.
What is a visit to a pain management clinic like?
A visit to a pain management clinic is similar to other visits with specialists. It begins with the pain specialist taking a detailed history of the patient's problems, symptoms, and medications. The doctor will perform basic tests, make recommendations for further treatment, and answer the patient's questions.
When visiting a pain management clinic, you can bring the results of previous tests, if you have any, and a record of any hospital stay.
What does a pain management specialist do?
A pain management specialist primarily treats patients suffering from chronic pain:
– neuralgia,
– migraine headaches,
– pain associated with changes in the spine and joints,
– cancer pain,
– post-traumatic pain,
– polyneuropathy, including diabetic and ischemic.
In addition, a pain management specialist deals with:
– educating and identifying opportunities to improve the mental and physical well-being of patients.
If necessary, the allergist may also order other tests to detect allergens – total IgE and panels of tests to diagnose various types of allergies: food, inhalant, insect venom, mixed.
