Recognizing Pain

This doesn't mean that you, the pain patient, need to learn what pain is - you found that out long ago! The question is whether or not your doctor recognizes it. Then many things can cause pain, making it difficult to find the actual cause. Is it an intervertebral disk, a nerve, inflammation, a degenerative process? Or is it something completely different? Is there more than one cause? One of the hardest diagnoses to make in all of medicine is that concerning the cause of pain. For a single doctor the challenge can be overwhelming. For this very reason we utilize a modern holistic approach which involves several doctors form various specialties. It is like a puzzle that the doctor must put together. The patient's history, often the product of a long consultation, and various tests become the individual puzzle pieces. These pieces must be put in the right order - the correct diagnosis.

It all begins with a questionnaire. This provides a sensitive, detailed first look at the patient's unique situation. This is followed by a thorough consultation with the doctor. We then look at all diagnoses and therapy plans made by previous doctors and bring them up-to-date with our own state-of-the-art diagnostic techniques. Often at this point we profit form the opinions of an anesthesiologist, neurologist or radiologist.

A thorough consultation with the patient is then the decisive factor in the implementation of a therapy strategy.

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