Role of Pain Clinics in Chronic Pain Management

Abstract

A pain clinic is a medical care center that specializes in pain management and does not only provide nerve block therapy. Pain specialists diagnose the etiology of pain based on the biopsychosocial model of pain and develop individualized treatment goals for patients at the pain clinic. Appropriate treatment methods are selected and implemented to achieve these goals. The primary goal of treatment is not merely pain relief but improved activities of daily living/quality of life. Therefore, a multidisciplinary approach is important.