Chronic Pain - Our Approach
The Newly Institute applies an evidence-based, multi-modal approach to pain management with access to an interdisciplinary treatment team. Providers available to support clients in our Chronic Pain Wellness Program include Kinesiologists, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Nurses, and Psychiatrists. The goal of our multimodal and interdisciplinary approach is to support clients in addressing their unique pain presentation by targeting the physical and psychological aspects of chronic pain.
The treatment team can support clients with functional goal setting, pain-management skill-building, and education about pain to support understanding that lifelong recovery from chronic pain involves more than pain reduction alone. Clients may explore how to improve daily functioning, manage kinesiophobia (fear of movement) and stress, and alter stuck thought patterns connected to pain persistence.
In our program, clients learn to adopt lifestyle changes, develop resilience, and actively participate in their own care. By addressing the various dimensions of chronic pain, individuals are better equipped to manage their symptoms and improve their overall well-being long term.
Managing Chronic Pain
Best practice for chronic pain management supports the use of an interdisciplinary approach with each healthcare provider offering specialized care. Below are some examples of services offered by each discipline:
- Kinesiology: Home exercise programs, stretching, strengthening, and myofascial release.
- Occupational Therapy: Functional goal setting, sleep education, pacing strategies, adaptive coping strategies, equipment recommendations, ergonomic recommendations, return-to-work planning, and activity grading.
- Psychology: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Trauma processing (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing or EMDR), and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART).
- Social Work: CBT, ACT, EMDR, ART, Psychoeducation, support with providing resources, and discharge planning.
- Nursing: Monitoring, medication administration for those involved in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), ART, reflective practices, and intention setting during KAP.
- Psychiatry: Monitoring of symptoms, medication review and prescription, reflective practice, and consultation.