We prioritize gentle interventions. We view pain as a complex challenge and also take individual circumstances into account in diagnosis and therapy.
Utilize conservative methods!
Careful handling of painkillers
Medications are important, but they are not the sole answer to pain. When used correctly, they are a component in a treatment mosaic that corresponds to the complexity of the disease with a multitude of influencing factors. In the case of back pain, we can illustrate this complexity with the Munich Back Pain Model. Want to prescribe a quick prescription? We work differently. Over the years, our approach to medication has developed and continuously been updated, and therefore consists of three pillars:
1. As little as possible – as much as necessary
The dose is what makes the poison. This centuries-old medical principle has not lost its relevance even today. Side effects are correlated with the amount and duration of medication. Our treatment goal is therefore, on the one hand, the individually determined reduction of pain while on the other hand avoiding or minimizing side effects. Finding such a balance can take some time and require several conversations.
2. Advanced and guideline-based therapies
The successful search for the right medication today is neither a coincidence nor a stroke of luck. Almost daily, the results of new drug studies are published. The medical associations regularly adopt guidelines that provide differentiated recommendations for the use of pain medications. To ensure that you, as a patient, can access this knowledge, every one of our doctors holds the additional designation „Special Pain Therapy.“ It stands for comprehensive training in a certified center for pain medicine, including an examination before the state medical board. Regular continuing education is not only required by law but is also based on our motivation to provide optimal therapeutic options for our patients.
3. The right medication for the right patient
No two people are identical. Metabolic pathways differ. Medications are excreted at different rates, and interactions with other substances can affect the therapeutic outcome and cause unwanted side effects.
Successful pharmacological therapy must therefore be oriented towards concomitant medication and other underlying conditions, especially in the elderly. Against this background, the great importance of individual medication selection and regular follow-up examinations becomes apparent. Furthermore, herbal preparations are gaining increasing importance due to their often better tolerability. Imaging procedures are therefore essential for detecting anatomical changes. On the other hand, their evaluation depends on the individual complaint picture and the experience of the physician. Radiologists and radiologists lack knowledge about the complaint picture and the findings of their patients. They therefore do not make diagnoses but describe deviations from the norm in their findings reports.
In the pain clinic, if necessary, our radiology colleagues will take pictures and discuss them with you, assessing them in light of any possible connections to your symptoms.