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The Centre For Health And Sports Medicine
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The Centre for Health and Sports Medicine ("C.H.S.M.") is committed to offering the highest quality of care in the areas of both preventive medicine and rehabilitation. The Centre was established in 1997. It was created to meet the needs of the community to help maintain a patient’s quality of life. The primary theme of the Centre is education. The teaching and counselling of our patients is as important as their restoration to good health. The return of the patients overall quality of life (regardless of whether he/she is part of the general population, an athlete or a worker) is our ultimate goal. The Centre for Health & Sports Medicine's multi-disciplinary team is ready to help you achieve your goal. |
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Sports Medicine Tip of
the Month
"Why Do I Still
Have Pain?"
This question of “why do I still have pain?” is an important one to answer, as many times patients will leave a therapy treatment in pain. The next question the patient will ask am, “I had to pay for this?” Here is the important message. Many patients come for treatment for many different reasons. Part of the treatment of many Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions is actually trying to move joints that are degenerative, or breaking down dysfunctional scar tissue, and when this happens, this will cause pain. It is considered a short term pain, for hopeful longer term gain. Always remember, you are not paying the therapist based on whether you have pain or not, but rather, you are paying for the therapists time. The time that they spend with you, to treat your condition, is what you are paying for. There are many different means of controlling for the pain that a patient suffers from the treatment session. Make sure that you verbalize to the therapist the degree of pain that you are experiencing, so they know how to gauge his/her treatment, and whether you need to see the doctor for any prescription medications. Acupuncture also is an effective pain modifying modality that many therapists will use to supplement your treatment. The first stage of any five stage rehabilitation program is to control for the pain, swelling, and/or other signs of inflammation. That is basic knowledge, and we use the pain as another parameter for how the patient is progressing. Nonetheless, it is vitally important that the patient always accurately report the degree of pain that they are experiencing, so that the therapist can decide on how they need to adjust the degree of manual (hands on) work that they apply to the patients’ body. Pain is not pleasant, but it is a very important characteristic that we use to help recover the patient from his/her injury. “No pain-no gain” is usually for the insane, but when it comes to rehabilitation, quite commonly, “the pain leads to gain to help free up the kinetic chain.” Here at the Centre, the patient’s health is our number one priority, and so is communication. If there are any issues of concern, please bring it to the therapists’ attention. If that isn’t working, then make sure you let front reception know, so they can ultimately notify the Medical Director. |
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All the information in this web page should not be
interpreted as medical advice. You should always consult your own physician
before acting on any of this information. This information is for educational
purposes only.
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