Logo for Rehab and Exercise program - RTP - Return to Play

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I am a doctor that looks after people with chronic pain. At the moment main approach to treating chronic pain is to say that we can't find a cause and you just have to accept the pain and cope with it. This is true for some patients, but I DO NOT BELIEVE this is true for most.

My approach is to identify what is causing the patients pain, treat it and then treat the consequences of their pain. Those consequences are generally "Losses". Loss of work, loss of friends, loss of physical condition, loss of family, loss of identity, the losses are very personal and endless. Because pain takes away so much, I see pain as a thief or pain as the enemy.

"Pain is the Enemy.
It takes away your work, your play, your family, your friends, it takes away life.
Take back what is yours"
OR
"Pain is a thief.
It steals your work, your play, your family, your friends, it steals your life.
Take back what is yours"

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