When should Sympathetic Therapy be prescribed for a patient in lieu of other traditional pain management procedures?
Due to the non-invasive and painless nature of Sympathetic Therapy, few patients with chronic pain would be excluded from treatment. It is believed that Sympathetic Therapy can offer significant relief to many types of chronic pain sufferers, especially those patients who have a sympathetic component to their pain. It should be noted, however, that Sympathetic Therapy is not a panacea. While not every form of chronic pain responds to Sympathetic Therapy, it could be considered as a primary treatment option for many patients. It may be desirable to first treat those patients who have experienced pain for an extended period of time and who have attempted other forms of treatment with little or no success.
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