Pain Management

How to contact Norwood Hospital's Pain Management Center

•Telephone: 888-675-7246 or 781-278-4566
•E-mail: pain.management@caritaschristi.org
•Address: 886 Washington Street (RAMA Center), Suite 3, Norwood, MA 02062

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Our approach to pain management: comprehensive care

Norwood Hospital offers a comprehensive pain program with full medical managmenet. Our multi-disciplinary team of pain management experts uses the most modern techniques to treat a wide range of common chronic pain.

Treatment philosophy 
Research has shown that effective pain management requires a comprehensive approach that incorporates the most advanced medical, psychological, and lifestyle technologies to eliminate or reduce chronic pain. Our treatment philosophy remains open to new developments in the area of pain management. Our goal is to offer each patient a "package" of beneficial components. However, we recommend only treatments that have been shown to be effective in sound scientific research. We continue to expand our range of treatment services.Interdisciplinary planning
The Pain Management program at Norwood Hospital adheres to a strong coordinated interdisciplinary approach. Our treatment staff includes several different areas of expertise. Weekly clinical conferences allow us to develop interdisciplinary treatment plans and objectives for each new patient. Treatment outcomes are also reviewed at weekly conferences. 

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Common chronic pain problems treated at Norwood Hospital's Pain Management Center include:

Back pain	Post-herpetic neuralgia
Cancer-related pain	Post-laminectomy pain
Chronic neck pain	Post-mastectomy pain
Diabetes-related pain	Post-operative pain
Fibromyalgia	Post-thoracotomy pain
HIV-related pain	Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD)
Intercostal neuralgia	Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
Ischemic-related pain	Neurogenic pain
Myofascial pain

Treatment for the most common pain problems may include:

• Physical conditioning and rehabilitative programs to improve or restore functional capacity
• Behavioral medicine components including relaxation training, stress management, and pain reduction training
• Psychological interventions to address components of depression and anxiety and to foster pain-coping responses
• Medication management
• Peripheral and sympathetic nerve blocks
• Epidural steroid injections
• Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
• Diagnostic facet joint injection
• Vertebroplasty
• Spinal implantation techniques for electrical stimulation or medical administration
• Integration of supplementary components

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Our team

• Allison Gorski, MD, medical director
• Jan J. Kraemer, MD
• Christopher Hummel, MD
• Joanna Wroblewska-Shah, MD
• Anne Marie Harootunian, NP

Our support staff

• Registered nurse specialists
• Physical therapists
• Interpreter services (Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, and other languages)

Insurance coverage

The Pain Management program at Norwood Hospital accepts most major health insurance plans. To receive care, you need to obtain a referral from your primary care doctor. Our team will work closely with your primary care doctor during your treatment.

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We'd like to hear from you!

As you learn more about your own pain condition, please share your knowledge with other pain sufferers. You may e-mail us with your recommendations of Web sites that have helped you. Or if any of the information on our site has been helpful to you, please let us know. Simply e-mail us at pain.management@caritaschristi.org.