chronic pain management

The Canadian Pain Society states "Evidence supports that chronic pain is not just a symptom of underlying illness or injury, but it is a disease in its own right, with significant changes in complex biological, and psycho-social  functions." - 2018

A good chronic pain plan involves whole person care and a multi-modal team. This means education, psychological therapy, manual movement, spiritual care and the body need to be part of the care package. 

Medications are but a small part of the overall management process, but are sometimes relied on as the only option. 

Medication itself can be a trial and error process, and can be very frustrating.  But it is well worth the trials to find a combination that works for you, along with your plan incorporating all of the other modalities. 

Dr. Holowaty also performs joint injections, trigger point injections, acupressure, acupuncture, dry needling and botox injections for chronic migraine. If deeper injections or lidocaine/ketamine infusions seem beneficial, Dr. Holowaty will refer you to appropriate physicians for further  treatments.  

Dr. Holowaty's philosophy is that pain cannot be treated without addressing  total suffering. There is the physical component, but because of the  plasticity of the nervous system, and the the shared wiring with mood  and the stress response, these must also be mastered in order to manage  pain and reduce suffering. Most of this work needs to be done by the  patient, unfortunately! But it also means that you have control of most  of your healing. Please see below for some excellent resources as well  as checking out https://www.tamethebeast.org/