Chronic pain management in the community

Pain management in the North East Essex

This service supports patients to understand and come to terms with their chronic pain. It also gives patients resources and strategies for living with pain.

We provide a range of courses to support patients in developing pain management strategies. We also provide one to one appointments with our health professionals as needed.

Our team includes a range of health professionals including:

• clinical psychologist
• consultants in pain management
• physiotherapist
• occupational therapist
• pain nurse specialists

Once a patient is referred into our service and accepted, they are provided with an overview of the pain management service and the different self-help options that are available.

This might include one of the psychological therapy groups we run, including:

• movement and exercise , a five-week course in one of the following chair-based exercise, gym-based exercise or yoga-based exercise
• opioid reduction programme, education and therapy
• pacing workshop (five-week course)
• relaxation (five-week course)
• sleep workshop
• support groups
• understanding chronic pain
• understanding pain medication