Center for modern pain medicine
The interprofessional team at the Swiss Best Medicine, led by Prof. Dr. Michael Heesen, combines not only specialist expertise but also a strong commitment to supporting patients with pain individually and with great empathy throughout their treatment and recovery process.
Treatment options
Swiss Best Medicine offers a broad spectrum of therapies. We provide individualized treatment, including for chronic pain conditions.
In our outpatient clinic, personalized care is at the core of our approach. We offer a wide range of injection and infusion therapies as well as advanced interventional and psychosomatic treatments—tailored to each patient’s individual situation.
Conditions treated
- Back Herniated disc, sciatica, lumbovertebral pain syndrome, lumbospondylogenic pain syndrome, lumboradicular pain syndrome, spinal canal stenosis, sacroiliac joint dysfunction, ligamentum flavum hypertrophy, piriformis syndrome
- Head and Neck Migraine, occipital neuralgia, trigger points in the head and neck region
- Musculoskeletal Trigger points (shoulder, spine, extremities), multifidus muscles, clunial nerves, piriformis syndrome, Long COVID–related pain
- Joints Shoulder, hip, knee, osteoarthritis
- Nerve Pain Neuropathic pain, polyneuropathies, post-operative pain (especially after thoracic, breast, and knee surgery), Long COVID–related pain, post-herpetic neuralgia, central pain syndromes, plexus lesions, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
- Chronic Pelvic Pain Endometriosis, painful bladder syndrome, interstitial cystitis, chronic abacterial prostatitis
- Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia syndrome
- Sleep and Psyche Sleep disorders and psychosomatic aspects of chronic pain
Treatments
- Image-guided spinal injections (cervical, thoracic, lumbar)
- Facet joint injections and medial branch blocks
- Epidural and transforaminal nerve root injections
- Sacroiliac joint injections
- Joint injections (shoulder, knee, hip)
- Ultrasound-guided injections
- Radiofrequency ablation / pulsed radiofrequency
- Infusion therapy with ketamine or procaine
- Ganglion blocks (stellate ganglion, ganglion impar, sphenopalatine ganglion)
- Peripheral nerve blocks (piriformis, clunial, occipital, supraorbital, supratrochlear nerves)
- Psychosomatic medicine / Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Heesen
Prof. Dr. Michael Heesen is an experienced specialist in pain medicine with a holistic treatment approach. With extensive expertise and a strong commitment, he supports patients individually and empathetically throughout their treatment and recovery process.
Through a broad therapeutic portfolio, he ensures comprehensive care tailored to each patient’s personal needs.
Professional Career
- 2026 Chief Physician, Pain Medicine, Swiss Best Medicine / Spina Med
- 2024 – 2026 Chief Physician for Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine Spital Oberengadin, Switzerland
- 2023 Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine Private Clinics Bethanien and Lindberg, Affoltern, Switzerland
- 2015 – 2023 Chief Physician, Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine Kantonsspital Baden, Switzerland
- 2005 Adjunct Professor
- 2004 – 2015 Chief Physician, Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine Klinikum Bamberg, Germany
- 1999 – 2004 Senior Physician, University Hospitals Aachen, Germany and Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1997 – 1999 Resident Physician, University Hospital Giessen, Germany
- 1995 – 1997 Research Fellow Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- 1991 – 1995 Resident Physician, University Hospital Giessen, Germany
- 1991 Doctorate in Medicine (Dr. med.)
- 1985 – 1991 Medical Studies (Human Medicine)
Diplomas / Certifications
- 2019 Interdisciplinary Specialization in Psychosomatic and Psychosocial Medicine (SAPPM)
- 2019 Interdisciplinary Specialization in Interventional Pain Medicine (SSIPM)
Awards
- 2022 SIWF Award for Commitment to Medical Training (Swiss Institute for Medical Education, FMH)
- 2022 Special Award from the German Patient Safety Action AllianceProject: “speaking-up”
- 1998 Schunk Prize for Human Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen for research on inflammatory mediators involved in pain mechanisms
Scientific Activities
- Associate Editor – Interventional Pain Medicine (USA)
- Associate Editor – Anaesthesia (UK)
- Content Editor – Cochrane Acute and Emergency Care
