Dr. Tobias Pintar

General Practitioner, LNB Pain Therapy, Acupuncture

Don’t be afraid of pain, it’s your friend!

Don’t be afraid of pain, it’s your friend!

I think everyone would agree with me, that pain has an important function. It warns us when we cut ourselves, when we step on a screw or hit our thumb with a hammer, et cetera. So what about chronic pains, when there is no obvious acute danger? One of the most common...
Pain serves a purpose. Don’t neglect it, use it!

Pain serves a purpose. Don’t neglect it, use it!

Today I want to explain my model of pain development. How does pain turn chronic? Let’s start with acute pain. As I mentioned in my last article the purpose of acute pain seems clear. We hurt ourselves and in order to achieve a protective reaction the body triggers...
8 spooky facts about food

8 spooky facts about food

Things you don’t/might want to know about One The sight of food makes us hungry. Experiments showed, that we get hungry from watching food. Two We make 66% of decisions during grocery shopping spontaneously. Three Experiments have shown, that we would eat more of...