Chronic Pain Clinic

About Our Clinic and its Services

Founded in 2004, the Chronic Pain Clinic has treated numerous patients for various pain-related problems. Our Therapeutic Pain Management Team is a united group of conventional and alternative medicine specialists.

The following are our main principles of pain management:
• Assessing the degree of distress and functional disability caused by pain
• Inquiring about activities altered by pain, such as work tasks, home activities, leisure activities, and activities of daily living
• Obtaining pain ratings at the onset, and then at regular intervals
• Identifying aggravating and relieving factors
• Recognizing significant chronic pain as a pathology
• Treating chronic pain aggressively
• Preventing chronic pain syndromes
• Screening for current and past alcohol and drug problems
• Treating physiological and psychological symptoms
• Anticipating, preventing and treating predictable side effects of pharmacologic therapy
• Recognizing improvement in physical and social functioning as a goal of treatment

Services

that we provide include:

* Pain management consulting
* Active stretching and strengthening    exercise program
* Physiotherapy including laser and    phototherapy, therapeutic ultrasound,    TENS, IMJ, etc
* Chiropractic
* Osteopathy
* Naturopathy
* Massage therapy
* Acupuncture
* Aqua-fit program (pool located off site)
* Magnetotherapy
* Nerve blocks: (covered by OHIP)
      * brachial plexus blocks (with       ultrasound guidance)
      * cranial nerves blocks
      * facet joint injections (with       ultrasound guidance)
      * intercostal nerve blocks
      * peripheral nerve blocks (e.g.       femoral, ilio-inguinal, genito-femoral       etc)
* Botox injections
* Prolotherapy
* Autologous blood injections
* Viscous supplement injections
* Joint and trigger point injections - with    the guidance of ultrasound (covered    by OHIP)
* Custom-made orthotics and    orthopaedic shoes
* Nutrition
* Homeopathy
* Psychology