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Welcome to Schmerzzentrum Granata
Your pain center, headache center, and cluster competence center in Zurich.
Conquering Pain, Improving Lives.
Services
What is being treated?
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Headaches and facial pain – specializing in clusters.
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Headache/Migraine/Post Traumatic Headache/Secondary headache/SUNCT/Paroxysmal hemicrania, among other headaches.
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Pain caused by nerve injuries (e.g., damage after surgery, phantom pain).
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Pain caused by nerve diseases (e.g., herpes zoster, diabetes mellitus, multiple sclerosis).
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Pain in the musculoskeletal system (muscles, joints, spine).
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Pain of unknown cause.
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Pain due to spasticity.
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Tumor pain.
What is used diagnostically?
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Evaluation of all previous findings and therapies.
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Accurate pain diagnosis.
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Diagnosis of additional mental illnesses that increase pain.
What can be done?
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Medical therapy.
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Multimodal treatment and multidisciplinary approach.
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Treatment of psychological comorbidities.
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Outpatient and inpatient medication withdrawal due to medication overuse headaches (MUEKS).
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Botulinum toxin treatment for migraines and post-traumatic headaches.
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Treatment with capsaicin film for localized nerve pain.
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Ketamine infusions for the treatment of refractory cluster headaches, depression, and possibly migraines.
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Sphenopalatine ganglion infiltration (SPGI) in migraines and cluster headaches.
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Occipital nerve infiltration in cluster headaches, migraines, and occipital neuralgia.
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Ozone therapy for various pain syndromes and chronic fatigue syndrome.
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Local pain treatments with cortisone and local anesthetics.
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Stellatum ganglion block in CRPS and cluster headaches.
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Multiple nerve blocks.
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TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) using the state-of-the-art Apollo TMS therapy system from Neurocare to treat severe depression, refractory chronic pain, and headaches.
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Referral for interventional pain therapy after diagnosis, including targeted interventions to destroy nerves, radiofrequency ablation, and spinal cord stimulation.
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