The aim of chronic pain therapy should not only be to control symptoms, but above all to restore the patient's coping resources.

1. Drug therapy, especially for:

   • neuropathic pain (phantom pain, trigeminal neuralgia, post-zoster neuralgia)
   • Tumor pain
   • Psychopharmacotherapy: antidepressants, neuroleptics, mood stabilizers

2. Neural therapy (interference field search, segment therapy, ganglion blockages), acupuncture Physiotherapy: muscular rehabilitation training, basal stimulation, manual therapy,

3. Lymphatic drainage, physiotherapy according to Bobath, back exercises, pelvic floor exercises, centrifugal massage, electrotherapy, cupping, acupuncture taping

4. Psychotherapy: depth psychology-based conversation therapy, supportive conversation therapy, hypnotherapy and imaginative methods, pain management training, stress management, Jacobson relaxation methods

5. Palliative care, not as a separate therapy option but as a complementary perspective for comprehensive therapy

6. Specific Clinical Concepts

• Tumor pain
• Central neuropathic pain: after stroke, brain tumor.
• Peripheral neuropathic pain: zoster, diabetes, pain after radiotherapy, CRPS, facial pain
• Nociceptor pain: back pain, muscle and joint pain, pain caused by circulatory disorders/vascular diseases, chronic inflammatory bowel disease