What is a pain management specialist? Pain management
specialists are licensed medical professionals who use various
approaches to prevent, evaluate and treat acute or chronic pain
disorders. Pain management specialists may be trained in a
number of specialties, including orthopedic surgery, neurology,
physiatry (physical medicine and rehabilitation) and
anesthesiology, or may work alongside surgeons.What is chronic
pain? Unlike acute pain, which hurts and then subsides, chronic
pain is constant and persists for weeks, months or years.
Chronic pain may also increase over time, or increase and then
decrease back to its baseline acute or chronic pain. There tends
to be an initial trigger, such as disease or injury. Common
chronic pain complaints include cancer pain, lower back pain,
joint pain, abdominal pain and headaches Most chronic pain
sufferers tend to be older. According to the American Academy of
Pain Medicine, more than 76 million Americans suffer from it.
Chronic pain often causes a financial and emot