The Schmerzwerkstatt München is a European Training Center for Radiofrequency® and a continuing education institute for the Special Pain Therapy of the Bavarian Medical Association, continuously training doctors in the framework of national and international workshops.

Certified continuing education courses in the Pain Workshop

The Schmerzwerkstatt München has full training authority for the additional qualification „Special Pain Therapy“ from the Bavarian Medical Chamber and continuously trains doctors within the framework of national and international workshops.

Furthermore, it is a European Training Center for Radiofrequency®.

Workshops on radiofrequency therapy (11 CME points each via BLÄK)

When conservative methods reach their limits, thermal denervation, in the context of radiofrequency therapy, can provide sustainable pain relief in appropriate cases. This minimally invasive method precisely interrupts the pain pathway to the brain. In principle, it is assumed that the successful basis of therapy for any chronic pain condition requires a bio-psycho-social disease model. Successful pain reduction is the product of a logical treatment mosaic in which different, mutually reinforcing treatment strategies are applied at different points in the treatment pathway. Radiofrequency therapy represents a possible treatment component and is by its nature a symptomatic therapeutic approach.

This procedure, in addition to the correct selection of patients, involves carrying out the procedure in accordance with the necessary quality standards. As a European Training Center for Radiofrequency®, the Schmerzwerkstatt München offers a defined curriculum for the proper implementation of these procedures as part of workshops.

The following core competencies are taught:

Knowledge of the clinic and conservative treatment of the most common diseases, such as lumbar facet syndrome.
Basics about the technology, implementation, and risks of radiofrequency therapy.
Criteria for patient selection: implementation and evaluation of diagnostic blockades.
Practical skills in performing radiofrequency treatments: The importance of the intraoperative stimulation test.
Tools for assessing treatment success and integrating them into the ongoing course of treatment.

The next Radio Frequency Workshop will take place on

23./24.07.26

11 CME points will be credited for the event.

19./20.11.26

11 CME points will be credited for the event.

The Schmerzwerkstatt offers interdisciplinary pain conferences as a certified pain therapy facility:

All of our pain conferences are scheduled to last 90 minutes each, and participants receive 3 continuing medical education credits from the Bavarian Medical Association. We strongly encourage you to attend with a camera turned on – thank you in advance!

Questioning. Understanding. Acting.

With our training activities, we follow our motto: it is about questioning previous disease hypotheses, re-evaluating and understanding pain based on a bio-psycho-social model, and about being able to develop and implement an evidence-based therapeutic concept together with the affected person.

Here you can register and send us feedback and suggestions for improvement.