Why are doctors who specialize in pain management often anesthesiologists?
Anesthesiologists’ responsibilities are to safely maintain vital functions of the body and to relieve pain. Many of the techniques they use to make operations painless can be used to relieve other types of pain. After medical school many of today’s anesthesiologists go on to study pain management during their four years of anesthesiology residency. Many still receive even more post-graduate education to become pain management specialists. With this education, they are able to work with other physicians, nurses and therapists to tailor a pain management program to effectively treat individual patients. What is the difference between Acute Pain and Chronic Pain? Acute pain is pain of a short, limited duration. It is usually the result of an injury, surgery or illness. Acute pain often goes away with the healing process. Chronic pain continues for a longer period of time, despite the healing of the injury. Can pain management physicians find the cause of my pain? Pain specialists are able
