Training in pain management is not enough to start and run a pain clinic successfully. One needs to know what are the requirements, how to make floor plans, how to market the clinic and above all, what are the evidence-based recommendations for managing different pain conditions. Besides describing in detail every requirement in a pain clinic, this book highlights many neglected or never-discussed areas in pain management such as exercise programs, simple psychotherapy tools, administration and marketing, medico-legal aspects, ethical issues, etc. This book will be of help not only to those aspiring to start a pain clinic but also to those in practice.Table of Contents:Section I - Starting a Pain Clinic: Introduction and Basic RequirementsEvolution of pain clinicsTypes of pain clinicsFloor plans for pain clinicsInfrastructure requirementsEssential instrumentsTraining of doctors and support staffSection II - Running a Pain Clinic: GuidelinesDifferent modalities of pain managementInterventional pain managementEvidence-based recommendations in pain managementPatient preparation for interventions and post-interventional careDo's and don'ts in interventional pain managementSection III - Multi-disciplinary Pain Clinic RequirementsPhysical medicine and rehabilitation in pain managementPsychotherapy in pain managementComplementary and alternative medicinePalliative care in pain managementSection IV - MiscellaneousDocumentationFinance and accountsMarketingMedico-legal issuesEthical issues