There are many different kinds of pain and many different causes of pain. There is chronic pain due to conditions like arthritis, diabetes, or back injury, and acute pain caused by fractures, trauma, and inflammation. Pain may be a result of some combination of all of these. Treatment and pain management strategies must be personalized because each individual case in unique.

What is pain management?
Pain management doctors specialize in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of pain. The causes of pain can be complex and include injury, age, nerve damage, metabolic problems, and even surgery. Pain managements doctors use a number of new technologies and methods to evaluate and treat pain. They use a multidisciplinary approach to pain management.
Most people who see pain management physicians are referred by their primary care provider. They can also be referred by other specialists like back, knee and joint doctors, neurologists, and cancer speci

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