Chronic Pain Management
While acute pain is a normal sensation triggered in the nervous system to alert you to possible injury and the need to take care of yourself, chronic pain is different. Chronic pain persists. Pain signals keep firing in the nervous system for weeks, months, even years. Common chronic pain complaints include headache, low back pain, cancer pain, arthritis pain, neurogenic pain, psychogenic pain.
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is the treatment and prevention of physical injuries and movement problems.
Education and preventative measures help patients gain the highest possible level of independent function.
Massage by RMT
Massage therapy, also known as Swedish massage, is the most common form of massage therapy in the United States.
Massage therapists use long, smooth strokes, kneading and other movements focused on superficial layers of muscle using massage oil or lotion.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a component of traditional Chinese medicine that originated in China over 5,000 years ago. It is based on the belief that living beings have a vital energy, called "qi", that circulates through twelve invisible energy lines known as meridians on the body. Each meridian is associated with a different organ system. An imbalance in the flow of qi throughout a meridian is how disease begins.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy aimed at ameliorating the effects of chronic pain are largely of a type known as "cognitive behavioral therapy". Such therapy is effective in dealing with depression and anxiety that results from chronic pain, and correcting associated problems such as sleep disturbances, inability to relax, social isolation, dependency on medications, and poor eating habits.