Pain Management Frequently Asked Questions
What is a pain management specialist?
疼痛医学专家，也称为疼痛管理医生，专门诊断和治疗疼痛。这些医生接受了额外的培训，以帮助那些经常难以诊断的慢性疼痛的人，并且可能需要使用各种治疗疗法.
The types of conditions managed by pain medicine specialists fall into three main groups: direct tissue injury, nerve injury, and a combination of tissue and nerve injury.
- 直接组织损伤。这些是由组织损伤引起的，就像骨关节炎和类风湿关节炎的慢性疼痛一样，关节的磨损很常见。
- 神经损伤或神经系统疾病。这些会导致疼痛，通常在中风后发生，脊髓损伤以及多发性硬化症和糖尿病等疾病。
- Mixed pain disorders. These can occur when there’s damage to your neck and spine, or with certain cancers.
疼痛医学专家执行各种程序，例如X射线，以诊断并为您的疼痛管理提供持续的治疗方法。疼痛医学专家还依靠非手术疗法的组合来改善您的生活质量，包括：
- acupuncture
- 脊椎治疗
- exercise
- 按摩
- nutrition counseling
- yoga
Sometimes, treatment involves the use of medications. Depending on your need, your pain medicine specialist will also coordinate their treatment with the other physicians you may be seeing.