Calgary Foothills Primary Care Network’s Chronic Pain Management Program provides specialized care to patients with neuro-musculoskeletal chronic pain.

The program helps patients increase their function and activity, decrease stress and learn self-management strategies to improve pain management.

A team of professionals helps patients learn to better manage their pain and activities on a daily basis. We focus on teaching self-management techniques.

What do patients do at the program?

Typically, our patients:

  • Participate in their treatment program, including individual and group appointments
  • Practice goal setting
  • Complete a pain diary
  • Do exercises as prescribed

The patient develops an individual pain management plan together with the team and family physician.

Member doctors can refer patients to the Chronic Pain Management Program. Patients will be invited to group and individual appointments that are tailored to meet patients’ needs. Patients are also encouraged to attend group education sessions to learn skills to better manage their pain.

Our group appointments cover topics such as:

  • education on chronic pain
  • exercise and physical activity
  • understanding nutrition and its relationship to pain
  • improving mental health

Our Health Professionals

Our team of health professionals includes:

  • Family physician with a special interest in chronic pain
  • Health management nurses
  • Community support worker
  • Kinesiologist
  • Registered dietitian
  • Physiotherapist
  • Clinical pharmacist
  • Mental health consultant

Chronic pain resources

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