Interventional pain medicine

Interventional measures are a special field of pain therapy carried out by anaesthesiologists, orthopaedic specialists and neurosurgeons once they have completed the necessary training. An intervention is the selective numbing or treatment of a specific structure (joint, nerve root, etc.) that is determined in advance using imaging procedures such as X-ray or ultrasound.

The range of interventional therapies on offer at the Centre for Pain Medicine comprises all common and established measures. Targeted elective blocks are used, for example, to confirm a suspected clinical diagnosis. In addition, the validity of radiological findings can be assessed in terms of pain development.

From a therapeutic perspective, an interventional (often temporary) reduction in pain can improve attention and the ability to concentrate, which in turn can have a positive impact on the success of, for example, psychotherapy. Specific blocks can also free patients from their fear of moving, which makes physiotherapy more effective. These blocks may be controlled by X-ray or ultrasound.