Misericordia Community Hospital and Health Centre Chronic Pain Clinic The chronic pain clinic at the Misericordia Hospital is conducted by physicians from the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Control at the University of Alberta Hospitals. The current director is Dr. Brian Knight, MD, FRCP (C). The clinic also includes services by physiotherapy and nursing staff of the Misericordia Hospital. The service is provided once per week on an outpatient basis. Patients are admitted by referral from family physicians or other specialists. Types of Conditions Treated Patients with any form of chronic pain syndrome are considered for admission to the programme. Typical conditions seen are: chronic myofascial pain syndromes complex regional pain syndrome/RSD phantom limb pain cancer pain neuropathic pain Types of treatment provided medication prescription and control nerve blocks trigger point injection physiotherapy intrathecal pumps referral to other specialists and services as indicated Further information For further information on chronic pain, see the following sites http://www.chronicpaincanada.org http://www.ampainsoc.org http://www.aapainmanage.org http://www.halcyon.com/iasp http://www.rsds.org http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/reflex_sympathetic_dystrophy.htm http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fibromyalgia.html http://members.aol.com/fibroworld/mps.htm http://www.medicine.dal.ca/cps http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/freemedl.html http://www.ciwa.ca/eng/index1.htm | Physiotherapy Services | Therapeutic Services |