Our team
At the AEPMU, our goal is to improve each patient’s quality of life by developing a personalized care plan that fits their needs. We use a multidisciplinary, patient-centered approach that combines clinical care, education and research.
We also provide pain management training to other healthcare professionals, and we do research to find new and better treatments. Sometimes we ask patients to take part in research projects.
Care team
Learn more about the roles of the members of the care team:
- perform IV infusions
- assist with medication education and management
- teach pain coping skills
- provide TENS training programs
- coordinate care with CLSC and community resources
- prescribe medications, including opioids and cannabinoids when appropriate
- perform interventions, including infusions and blocks
- teach you about the neurophysiology of pain (how pain works in the body)
- create a personalized exercise routine to reduce pain and help you move better
- perform short-term manual orthopedic physical therapy when needed
- lead individual and group therapy sessions (acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), pain reprocessing therapy, hypnosis)
- guide participants in Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management Lifestyle Program™
- provide interdisciplinary evaluations as needed
Research team
Clinicians and researchers at the AEPMU are working on several studies to improve how we understand and care for people with chronic pain.
The topics of these studies, and the contact information to learn more, are listed below.
Joining a study will not change when you get your treatment or the quality of care you receive at the AEPMU.
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]