Chronic Pain

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Persistent pain can be complex.

Unlike pain that results from an injury, illness or medical procedure, the causes for chronic pain aren’t always clear.

In the Mary Free Bed Pain Rehabilitation Program, we help you find relief from chronic pain by treating the whole person. We use a mind-and-body rehabilitation approach to complement or replace conventional medicine, including working on your physical conditioning, retraining your body how to move and helping you manage your pain. We’ll also help you safely reduce or eliminate opioids and other medications so you can re-engage in the things that are meaningful to you.

Why Mary Free Bed?

Our team of pain rehabilitation specialists serves people with varying degrees of chronic pain and other conditions – such as spine or back pain, fatigue, fibromyalgia, headaches or migraines.

Patients who participated in the program have reported:

Decreased pain intensity
An increased ability to get back to daily activities
Less depression and anxiety 
More adaptive approaches to dealing with pain
Less reliance on pain medication.

Patient engaging in a core-strengthening exercise on a therapy table while a physical therapist provides support.

The care you need

Our approach is challenging but supportive. First, we’ll discuss your goals and develop a treatment plan focused on improving your strength, stamina, emotional health and independence.

We treat patients like you with a variety of medical diagnoses, pain locations and symptoms, such as:

 

  • Fibromyalgia
  • Chronic spine pain
  • Chronic back pain
  • Chronic abdominal pain
  • Chronic headaches or migraines
  • Chronic pain because of injury or surgery
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD).
  • Chronic fatigue syndrome
  • Functional neurological disorder (FND)
  • Hypermobility/Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
  • Physical deconditioning
  • Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
  • Anxiety
  • Depression

We’ll teach you techniques to reduce your pain and restore your ability to function. We’ll also share comprehensive strategies to cope with any remaining pain and how to manage flare-ups.

We’ll recommend the most appropriate Mary Free Bed outpatient location and modify the rehabilitation program to suit your needs. Your treatment may include multiple appointments per week for 10-12 weeks.

Depending on your condition, your team may include the following:

Physician 
Physical therapist 
Occupational therapist 
Psychologist (individual, group, virtual sessions)

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Physical therapist discussing a patient's personalized chronic pain management plan during an outpatient session at Mary Free Bed, emphasizing the use of educational tools and hands-on therapy techniques.