Our Story
Right from the first consultation, we want to know the ins and outs of your pain. Lay it on us! We want the whole story so that we can work with you to put together a treatment plan that is going to work for you.
We work with a lot of people with long, complicated pain stories, so we're experienced and ready to help dig deep and come up with a plan.
Its also our job to help you understand any symptoms or diagnosis that you may have already been given. Pain can be complicated. You can trust us to take big, complex explanations and turn them into easy bite size chunks, without the medical terminology that can be intimidating and frightening.
In the assessment, we'll measure things like your available movement and your discomfort levels. We'll look at the way you do certain movements, like bending forward, reaching up, kneeling down - whatever movements may be related to the pain you have.
We try as best we can to avoid that classic "On a scale on 1-10... Just how bad is your pain?" so we'll look for other markers as well. Things like how you feel doing daily activities, things that you modify or avoid doing because of the pain. All these things help us to come up with goals for the treatment plan.
Before we start any treatment, whether that’s the 1st treatment or the 50th, we'll run you through our intended plan for that session so that you always know what to expect. We'll never stick a cup on you or put needles into you without you knowing in advance and being 100% happy with the plan.
We'll also explain what kind of changes are typical to see, and over what period of time. Here's where we'll be straight with you - changing pain can take time. We'll set your expectations for the treatment plan, how many sessions we may need, and what kind of things we'll ask you to do outside of each session to support you feeling better.
Come visit us at the clinic, book an appointment, or just drop in to see what Perry has been up to. We’d love to have a chat with you about your pain management options!
