Pain Management & Treatment

Pain management refers to eliminating, reducing or making your pain manageable so you can return to work, return to sport, return to social/recreational activities or to just be able to mange activities of daily living; such as dressing, driving, sleeping, etc.

It is very important that your Myotherapist has an accurate understanding of your pain & your symptoms.

The major goal of your treatment is to alleviate or significantly reduce your pain and/or symptoms.

Referred pain from muscles, joints and nerves manifest in different ways; the source of your pain needs to be discovered in order for effective pain management to commence.

Pain (symptoms) may be classified into any of the following categories;

• localized pain which is easy to pinpoint and does not refer to any other area
• localized pain which does refer to other areas
• Examples
• back pain radiating down the buttocks and legs
• neck pain that radiates down the arms and fingers
• pain which is difficult to pinpoint but feels like a generalized ache which may move around
• pain which is accompanied by numbness, pins and needles or hot and cold sensations
• varying types of pain such as sharp, diffuse, aching, nagging, annoying, breathtaking, acute, chronic
• restricted movement without pain
• Examples
• turning your head to put your seat belt on
• reaching behind to do up a bra strap
• getting your wallet out of you back pocket
• restricted movement with pain
• Examples
• bending down to pick something off the ground
• getting up after sitting
• depressing the clutch in your car
• reaching arm above head
• interruptions to your daily life activities
• Examples
• stress & anxiety
• lack of sleep
• fatigue

Once the source of you pain has been identified, an appropriate treatment plan will be discussed with you.

Treatment methods will involve ‘in clinic’ and ‘external’ rehabilitation activities

NB: Myotherapy First practitioners are clinical assessment specialists and will know when it is appropriate or necessary to refer you to other health professionals such as; general practitioners, naturopaths, radiologists, neurologists, surgeons etc.

Your Myotherapist will always write you a referral letter if referral outside Myotherapy First is necessary.