Pain Management Frequently Asked Questions
What is a pain management specialist?
止痛药专家，也被称为痛苦管理医生，专注于诊断和治疗疼痛。这些医生接受了额外的培训，以帮助慢性疼痛往往难以诊断的人，并且可能需要使用各种持续治疗疗法.
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，与骨关节炎和类风湿性关节炎的慢性疼痛一样，其中关节的磨损是常见的。
- 神经损伤或神经系统疾病。这些可能导致疼痛，并且通常在中风，脊髓损伤和多种硬化症和糖尿病等条件发生后发生。
- Mixed pain disorders. These can occur when there’s damage to your neck and spine, or with certain cancers.
止痛药专家可以进行各种程序，如X射线，以诊断和为您的疼痛管理提供持续的治疗方法。止痛药专家也依靠非诊断疗法的组合来提高您的生活质量，包括：
- acupuncture
- 脊椎按摩疗法
- 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.