Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dominik Pförringer

You can feel it immediately when you enter the practice rooms on Theatinerstraße in Munich, just a few steps away from the town hall in the heart of the city center. The atmosphere is open, friendly, and warm.

The focus is on the treatment of osteoarthritis, back pain, and sports injuries. The goal is clear: to provide the patient with optimal innovative, individual, and intelligent care that improves their mobility and quality of life in the long term – wherever possible, even without surgical interventions.

The philosophy is: treat conservatively, help and heal sustainably. For this, the orthopedists rely on proven and innovative conservative therapies that are unique and individually tailored to the complexes and complaints of the patients. “Our approach is based on the belief that the body has impressive self-healing powers that we can specifically support and catalyze. We use the latest diagnostic methods, rely on well-founded clinical assessments, and both proven and innovative therapies to alleviate complaints and treat their causes.”

The treatment follows the motto: “Every patient is unique, and therefore it is a special concern for us to care for every person as uniquely and individually as they are.” This begins with a thorough medical history and detailed discussions to analyze all current complaints and jointly develop long-term effective solutions. The therapy concepts are based on current scientific findings and decades of experience: To then provide patients with comprehensive and holistic treatment, modern medical procedures are individually combined with proven methods. Because: “The body wants to be treated as a whole system, not isolated on a single syndrome or symptom,” says Prof. Dr. Pförringer.

In the treatment of osteoarthritis, the focus is on delaying joint wear and maintaining mobility. With the help of manual therapy, chiropractic, targeted injections (including hyaluronic acid and chitosan derivatives), and physiotherapeutically accompanied concepts, the Pförringer practice offers its patients effective alternatives to surgical measures.

“For back pain, my goal is to address the pain where it starts to resolve it permanently,” says the expert. Whether acute or chronic – back pain is therefore always treated with a multimodal concept that combines chiropractic applications, manual therapy techniques, and targeted exercises.

For sports injuries, the claim is: Whether professional or amateur athletes, the injuries should heal quickly and permanently. Therefore, the specialists also assist in reintegration after injuries and advise athletic patients individually according to their needs. This includes preventive measures to avoid injuries as well as follow-up care after trauma.

And should all conservative methods really be exhausted and an operation become unavoidable, patients are still in good hands: Whether in selecting the right surgeon, the best therapy, as well as pre- and post-operative preparation, father and son, with their excellent network of experts, always offer comprehensive care.

Prof. Dr. med. Dominik Pförringer is not only an orthopedic surgeon and trauma surgeon. Since his MBA studies at the INSEAD Business School, he has also been active as a consultant and, with his broad network, numerous lectures, and as the founder of the Digital Health Summit in Munich, he advocates for accelerating digitalization in healthcare. This is also the goal he pursues as co-founder of DOCTOS, the AI-based software for dentists. Additionally, he mentors startup teams and as an advisor for PE and VC funds in healthcare, he supports entrepreneurs in young companies. Alongside numerous medical columns, he published the book "Aus der Zeit gefallen" together with Dr. Jürgen Grossmann, Franca Bauernfeind, and Harald Schmidt, which was released in autumn 2023 by Langen Müller Verlag, Munich.