Most pain from surgery, injury or illness lasts only a few days or weeks. But for some people, the pain doesn’t stop there. It snowballs into chronic, intractable pain that saps energy and interferes with the enjoyment of career, social and family activities. Statistics show 45 percent of all Americans seek care for persistent pain at some point in their lives. An estimated 50 million Americans live with chronic pain.
In the past, people who suffered from chronic pain often heard, “It’s all in your head.” Today, pain specialists understand more about the complex physical and psychological aspects of chronic pain. Our multi-modal, interdisciplinary approach ensures all the varied aspects of pain get proper attention. This expertise is comforting to patients who have tried everything.
Not all pain can be completely eliminated. But for patients who hold reasonable goals and a commitment to treatment, great progress is possible toward regaining physical function and quality of life. Patients are partners who are expected to participate with integrity in their own treatment plans.
Our team of medical professionals works with patients who suffer from a wide variety of pain conditions, including:
• Nerve pain
• Headache/migraine
• Low back pain
• Post-herpetic neuralgia (shingles)
• Fibromyalgia
• Joint pain
• Arthritis
• Spinal pain (herniated/torn discs)
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
(also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy or RSD)
• Causalgia
We also offer:
Opioid addiction treatment (hyperlink to addiction medicine page on research site)
