Analgesic therapy is a specific branch of anaesthesia whose aim is to reduce pain. But how does so-called pain therapy work?

The aim of analgesic therapy is to improve the patient’s quality of life by means of the best possible pain management.

The presence of pain has a great impact on daily life, limiting personal, working and social life.

Antalgic therapy, how does it work?

First of all it is necessary to identify the causes of the pain. Once the diagnosis has been made, the most appropriate options will be evaluated in order to offer the patient the most suitable solution to control the pain in a more or less definitive way, taking into account the risks and benefits.

When composing the clinical picture, it is important to take into account not only how much pain the patient is experiencing but also the characteristics of the pain itself: a fundamental element in choosing the type of analgesic therapy.

There are many options: from supplementation to a balanced diet, from physical activity to rehabilitation, but also infiltration or advanced procedures of neuromodulation, neurostimulation and neurolysis to “hit” in a targeted way the nerve structures involved in the genesis and transmission of pain.

Acute and chronic pain, what approach to analgesic therapy?

This approach can help relieve acute and chronic pain, which is characteristic of very common conditions such as arthrosis, lumbago, cervicalgia, discopathy, lumbosciatica.

The specialist has the task of defining a sort of tailor-made prescription which, in addition to controlling the pain, first of all promotes a correct lifestyle that contributes to preventing the onset of the pain itself.

Controlling pain means reducing or completely eliminating the use of medication and thus the occurrence of side effects associated with it.

Thanks to analgesic therapy, all types of pain can be managed, depending on the cause, and a multidisciplinary approach is used to find the best possible solution for each individual patient.

The patient can rely on the anaesthetist specialising in analgesic therapy to manage and control the pain in the best possible way, so that rehabilitation and functional recovery can take place as quickly and safely as possible and the patient can enjoy a good quality of life.

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