Pain Clinics

Organizing a pain clinic with several health experts or seeing a patient suffering from a chronic pain condition as primary care providers will necessitate a multidisciplinary approach. Ideally, the provider will have access to an interdisciplinary group, but if that is not the case, they need to keep in mind that chronic pain treatment may not respond well to a single therapeutic approach, whether it’s pharmacological or not. When possible, working in collaboration with other health specialists, such as psychologists and physical therapists, and being informed of their colleagues’ recommendations, will help achieve the best results. Regardless of the lack of access to a specialized clinic, a primary care provider who keeps in mind a biopsychosocial model of care will likely achieve greater success than using a unidisciplinary approach.