Treating chronic pain – even when nothing else has worked

If you have been living with pain for months or years, you have likely tried everything: medication, massage, physiotherapy, perhaps injections or surgery. Our practice in Zurich is here for exactly those people. By combining Liebscher & Bracht pain therapy with innovative Winback Tecar therapy, we treat chronic pain from two angles – addressing both the root cause and the tissue itself. We regularly see that even long-standing pain conditions can still be improved.

Symptome

Pain is considered chronic if it lasts longer than three to six months or keeps recurring – whether in the back, neck, or joints, or as persistent headaches or shifting discomfort. A vicious cycle is typical: pain leads to protective posture, which leads to new tension, which in turn leads to more pain. This is often accompanied by exhaustion, poor sleep, and the experience that treatments only provide temporary relief.

Chronic pain should always be medically evaluated; our pain therapy complements this assessment, it does not replace it.

Ursachen

Chronic pain is usually caused by a combination of factors: persistently high muscular-fascial tension due to repetitive daily movements, poorly circulated and adhered tissue that no longer responds to conventional treatment, and a nervous system that has become sensitized by long-term pain and amplifies pain signals (the "pain memory").

This is precisely why individual measures often fall short: simply numbing the symptom leaves the tension and tissue unchanged. Treatment becomes effective when the root cause, the tissue, and movement patterns are addressed together – that is our approach.

Behandlung Liebscher und Bracht

Using osteopressure, we reduce the persistently high tension that sustains chronic pain – session by session, measurable through improved mobility and reduced pain intensity. This provides the sensitized nervous system with crucial information: the overload is decreasing, and the alarm signal can be turned down.

Our individually tailored corrective stretches break the cycle of protective posture and give you a tool to actively influence your pain yourself – for many chronic sufferers, this is the most important experience of all.

Behandlung Winack Tecar

Chronically painful tissue is typically poorly circulated, hardened, and adhered – and this is exactly where Winback Tecar therapy comes in: radiofrequency deep heat stimulates cellular metabolism, improves blood flow into deep muscle and fascial layers, releases adhesions, and calms chronic irritation and inflammation. It is painless, comfortable, and particularly suitable for people whose tissue is hypersensitive to pressure.

The combination – double the effectiveness: Winback Tecar regenerates the tissue, Liebscher & Bracht reduces tension at the root cause, and the exercises anchor the results in your daily life. This multi-layered approach is why we regularly see significant improvements, even in long-standing pain cases.

Is it even possible to treat chronic pain?

Yes. Even after years, muscular-fascial tension can be reduced and tissue can be regenerated – the nervous system can relearn. Many of our patients in Zurich have achieved significant improvements after long periods of suffering, and some are now largely pain-free.

I have already tried many therapies – what is different about your approach?

We combine two complementary approaches: causal tension treatment according to Liebscher & Bracht and Winback Tecar deep heat for chronically altered tissue – plus exercises that empower you to take action yourself. We don't treat the symptom; we treat the system behind it.

How long does chronic pain treatment take?

Chronic pain develops over years, so treatment requires several sessions and your commitment to the exercises. However, many people feel initial improvements early on; we will discuss your progress with you transparently.

He has been treating me for years and always finds a way to combat my chronic pain, which has improved significantly despite contrary prognoses. – A.L.