Tips to choose the right pain specialist
Studies suggest that 1 in 5 American adults suffer from chronic pain, which adds to the demand for pain specialists. This can be a major reason why more and more health care professionals are assuming the title of ‘pain specialist’. Most of these pain specialists may have certain type of medical training in pain management, but this is not enough to certify them as a pain specialist. Pain medicine field The pain medicine specialty has aroused recently, but it has roots that go back to the development of medicine. Pain medicine was started as a medical specialty in the 1960’s and became an international professional association in the 1970’s. During 1991, the American board of Anesthesiology developed a certificate of qualification in pain management and in the same year, the American board of pain medicine was ...