Musculoskeletal - 1

Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Programme

The Occupational Therapy department has an Occupational Therapist who specialises in chronic pain rehabilitation. She can help patients with persistent pain problems by helping them overcome fear avoidance behaviour through graded exposure to function activily, exercise using pacing, goal setting and relaxation.
The chronic pain has close links with a multidisciplinary team including a clinical psychologist, physiotherapist and a GP specialist.

Lead Clinicians

Kirsty Purdon, Occupation Therapy, SLH tel: 01274 36 5220

Location

Assessments and Programmes are based at Horton Park Centre Tel: 228767

Referral Criteria

Adults only with

- Chronic intractable neck/back/shoulder/arm or leg pain or fibromyalgia

- Patients must have the ability to read/write the language of the facilitator (currently English)

- Patients must have had appropriate investigations to rule out malignant pain

- Patients must be no longer seeking a cure for their pain/problems

- Patients must not be suffering with psychotic illness, major depression, dementia or moderate/severe personality disorders.

- Patients must have had a course of Physiotherapy and a TENS trial

Referral Pathway

Can be recommended by consultants, therapists or pain clinic. All referrals must come via the patient's GP.

Additional Information

Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Programme clerical support is Debbie Green Tel: 228767 Assessment and Programmes take place on a Monday and Thursday. The team includes Clinical Psychologist (Mark Pitkethley), GP and Behavioural Therapist (Dr.Frances Cole), Pain Consultant, (Dr Philip Taylor), Senior Physiotherapists: (Gill Fletcher, Tracy Sanderson and Sarah Jeffrey), Senior Occupational Therapist (Kirsty Purdon)