doctors with this certificate come from various disciplines such as rheumatology, neurology, anaesthesiology, surgery and physical medicine. They specialise in the identification and clarification of various pain conditions and deal in depth with pain physiology and the mechanisms of pain development. Interventional pain therapy comprises and combines various forms of pain relief treatment.
These include drug therapy, physical therapy (physiotherapy) and, in particular, invasive techniques such as local anaesthesia, injections to nerve roots along the spine (periradicular injections) or blockages of nerves in the area of the autonomic nervous system.
The influence that pain has on the psychological well-being of those affected is another aspect that is taken into account in interventional pain therapy. If necessary, treatment is also carried out on an interdisciplinary basis with the involvement of psychiatrists and psychotherapists.