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Chronic Pain Centre
8th Floor, Saskatoon City Hospital
701 Queen Street
Saskatoon, SK S7K 0M7
Phone: 306-655-0810
Fax: 306-655-0811
cpc@saskatoonhealthregion.ca
The Chronic Pain Centre (CPC) provides client-centred, evidence-based assessment, treatment and educational resources for persons with chronic musculoskeletal pain, abdominal pain, neuropathic pain or headaches.
The goal of treatment is to facilitate improved coping skills, function and well-being, to promote improved quality of life while living with persistent pain and reflects the primary care focus of an interdisciplinary team.
Located on the 8th floor at Saskatoon City hospital in Saskatoon, the Chronic Pain Centre is Saskatchewan’s sole provider of interdisciplinary treatment for persons with chronic pain.
Accessing Services
The CPC accepts referrals from physicians, insurers and allied health professionals. Referrals can be made by faxing the CPC referral form to 306-655-0811.
To obtain this referral form, or if you have any specific questions about a referral, please call 306-655-0810.
Services Provided
Interdisciplinary Treatment
The most effective treatment for persons with chronic pain is an intensive multidisciplinary approach that teaches self-management strategies and supports individuals in improving coping and becoming independent.
- Pain Clinics, HITS, March 16, 2006. |
Based on best practice guidelines for the treatment of chronic pain, the goal of the six week, half-day CPC treatment program is to teach skills that enhance self-management of pain. The program is both educational and experiential in nature. It is delivered by an experienced interdisciplinary team of physical therapists, occupational therapists, Ph.D. psychologists, registered nurse and physicians.
In contrast to Functional Restoration programs, the focus of CPC treatment is on addressing barriers specifically related to pain – fear of re-injury, catastrophizing, poor sleep and lack of understanding about safe and necessary reactivation.
Experience and data have shown the CPC treatment program to be effective. On average, clients demonstrate significant improvements in mood, fear of re-injury, catastrophizing and self-efficacy. Most clients entering the program are markedly deconditioned and concerned that activity may worsen their pain. Physical programming is matched specifically to the client and employs strategies aimed at decreasing their fear and creating positive experiences regarding reactivation.
Within the six weeks, clients demonstrate significant improvements in basic functional measures such as stair-climbing and walking. By the end of the program, the majority of client’s report that they feel more able to function and more satisfied with their level of function. These improvements, as measured on seven psychosocial scales, are sustained when clients are re-evaluated three months after discharge from the program.
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