Conclusion
by Steven M. Benecke, MD
By identifying the cause of the pain, a patient-specific treatment plan may be created to enhance function and restore one’s attitude to see beauty and happiness. Most pain can be made tolerable, life can be enhanced, and function restored. The only thing the professionals cannot provide is motivation or desire.
With the help of medical practitioners, people with pain can endure, persevere, and progress. Pain can be managed and life improved. The future of pain medicine is bright with a better scientific understanding of pain and its causes and revolutionary therapies just now beginning to be investigated.