Pain Management

Pain management is a team approach at CareFirst. Our team understands that acute and chronic pain presents differently among patients. Specific individualized care is always recommended. This may simply be a prescription from the pain physician or a comprehensive program designed by our team to eliminate a chronic pain syndrome and improve a person’s quality of life. Two of our most popular programs are the Lower Back Osteoarthritis Program and the Knee Osteoarthritis Program.

CareFirst offers a 24- session interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation program. In addition to physical rehabilitation the patient receives individual and group psychological therapy. Goals of the program are to:

• Reduce the patient’s dependence on the healthcare system
• Eliminate or diminish the need for pain medications
• Enhance the patient’s level of physical functioning
• Improve the patient’s vocational abilities

Functional Capacity Evaluations and Physical Performance Evaluations are available as well to address physical and occupational levels as defined by the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.

Click a link below for more specific program options:

Knee Pain Management

Lower Back Pain Management

Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation