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Treatment of Chronic Pain

The treatment of chronic pain can be complex and challenging. Choosing an appropriate setting and treatment modality is essential. The causes of chronic pain are often unclear, and our effective treatment at Casa Palmera may involve the combination of several types of treatments including:

  • medicines (or combinations of medicines)
  • complementary therapies (yoga, acupuncture, massage, physical therapy, etc.)
  • other multi-disciplinary approaches (psychology, social work, addiction and spiritual counseling, etc.) depending upon your needs

Acute Pain Versus Chronic Pain

There are many different types of pain, ranging from short-term acute pain that disappears within a few hours or days to chronic pain that persists for years.

Acute pain occurs in response to specific, self-limited physical problems. Examples of acute pain include pain associated with trauma, acute painful medical conditions, such as kidney stones or dental abscess, or surgical procedures. With treatment, or with the body’s healing powers alone, the underlying physical condition often resolves.

Chronic pain is different because it persists. A number of factors may contribute to the development of chronic pain. An undetected, untreated or untreatable process may be present. The pain may be reinforced by a variety of influences, such as mood changes, secondary physical problems, work or relationship stressors and financial hardships. Chronic pain is real and relentless.

Living with Chronic Pain

Casa Palmera treats people from all over the world who are suffering from chronic pain. Each year tens of millions of people suffer from persistent distress and dysfunction known as “chronic pain”. Living with chronic pain is very difficult, and people who suffer from it know how it can disrupt and damage their lives. It can make it difficult to enjoy even the simplest of daily activities.

Our professional staff understands the fundamental skills you need for optimal living. We also teach you methods of coping for your current pain symptoms. Learning the skills necessary to improve your quality of life is a primary focus of our treatment program while you are in residence. Our team is committed to your individualized chronic pain program experience and we want to help you reach the point where pain is no longer a hindrance.

Types of Pain

Casa Palmera’s professional staff will work with you to target your specific areas of discomfort and alleviate your chronic pain. The pain management program at Casa Palmera offers individual treatment planning tailored for people with:

  • Back and Neck Pain
  • Joint Pain
  • Pain From Surgery
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Neuropathy
  • Damaged Organs Causing Soft Tissue Pain
  • Spinal Cord and Nerve Pain
  • Opiate Dependence
  • Narcotic Dependence
  • Chest Pain
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Pain From Removed Limbs called "Phantom Pain"
  • NeuroHyperSensitvity called "Hypperalgesia"
  • Bone Pain
  • Shingles
  • Pain from Cancer

Signs of Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain Symptoms include:

  • Shooting or aching pain
  • Pain that persists after waiting a reasonable period of time
  • Tight and stiff feelings in the body
  • Frequent visits to the doctor
  • Problems sleeping
  • Decreased desire to eat
  • Fatigue
  • Lack of interest in everyday activities
  • Avoiding previously enjoyed activities
  • Guilty feelings

“90 % of people in the U.S. receiving treatment for pain management are prescribed opiate medication. Of that number 10% - 41% have opiate abuse/addiction problems.”

(Pain Physician Journal, 2006)

Signs of Pain and Addiction

  • Takes more of the drug and/or more often than originally prescribed by your physician
  • Has a compulsive need for the drug, and feels anxious about getting a prescription refilled before it runs out
  • Is unable to quit the medication even if there is a sincere wish to do so
  • Allows the drug to disrupt your life as more and more social family and/or work related activities take a back seat to the need for the drug
  • Commits illegal acts to obtain the drug, such as getting prescriptions from more than one doctor

The Pain Management Program at Casa Palmera focuses on the treatment of medication dependency in association with chronic pain. The program meets the physical, psychological and spiritual needs that are unique to those of you with chronic pain in a supportive and caring environment for healing and recovery.

An effective evaluation of your suffering from chronic pain and coexisting disorders, including addiction, requires a multidisciplinary professional team. Using a multidisciplinary team is crucial in treating the problems from which you and your familily suffer when impacted by chronic pain, addiction, and other psychological and medical disorders.

Multidisciplinary Pain Management involves a 5-part approach at Casa Palmera:

  • A medication management plan directed by physicians who specialize in treating patients compromised by pain which is unmanageable without the help of medications.
  • A cognitive-behavioral treatment approach that addresses the emotional and psychological factors that affect how you react to pain, while simultaneously altering self-defeating beliefs and behaviors.
  • Alternative and complementary therapies such as acupuncture, massage, physical therapy, laser, hydrotherapy etc. that provide non-medication modalities to deal with pain.
  • Neurofeedback/biofeedback that assists your brain to self-regulate and function at its maximum potential resulting in improved ways to cope with life’s stressors.
  • Relapse Prevention that deals with healthy and appropriate medication/drug use and abstinence, while addressing your family system issues and continuity of care.

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