At Blackberry Clinic we pride ourselves on offering patients with acute and chronic pain treatments they may not have been offered elsewhere. At the heart of our interventional pain medicine service/pain management service is years of experience in diagnosis, assessment and treatment of painful musculoskeletal conditions. We offer many pain relieving injections and treatments and will work our hardest to find the answer for you and to eliminate or reduce your pain. Our Musculoskeletal Medicine, Pain Management and Sport & Exercise Medicine doctors have a lot of patients who suffer from ongoing chronic pain and painful conditions. Here are some of the myths they may have been led to believe which we hope we can dispel if you visit our Blackberry Clinics.
MYTHS:
If you cannot find the exact source of
the pain then it must be in your head
Chronic pain isn’t that bad, you get
used to it after a while
You went out yesterday so your pain
can’t be that bad
Chronic pain treatment should be
effective within a short period of time
You must be weak, a low pain
threshold
If you look healthy you cannot be in
pain
If you have failed to control your pain
in the past you will fail in the future
Chronic pain is the only reason for all
the problems you have
Just push through it, no pain, no
gain
If pain can be reduced through
stress management techniques
then it must be imaginary pain
Your pain will improve if you
remain inactive, and avoid physical
activity
People with chronic pain are just
lazy and looking for attention –
To consider yourself worthwhile
you must be able to function in the
same way you did before the pain
To help you cope with your chronic pain on a day to day basis please have a read of this leaflet – The Strain of Pain. It may give you some ideas of how to cope, but do come and see us as well, we are here to help.
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