Pain Management Center

The Pain Management Center provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for individuals with acute, chronic and cancer-related pain.

The Pain Management Center is committed to improving the quality of life for individuals who suffer from chronic pain.

We offer a full range of treatments including interventional spine services, pain and pain rehabilitation, cancer-related pain services, medication management and physical therapy and behavioral management.

Grateful for the Diagnosis: Karen’s Story

“I can’t compare how I feel today with how I felt a year ago. I just hope that my story will help others find the strength to keep trying and ultimately gain resolution faster through the great team at Mass General like I did.” Karen English shares her experience with the Pain Management Center.

The Pain Management Center provides a supportive, challenging, active care environment for patients living with chronic pain.

In 2009, the Pain Management Center was named a “Center of Excellence” by the American Pain Society (APS). This award honors pain-care teams that overcome difficult challenges to provide outstanding, exemplary care for those with chronic pain disorders, acute pain after surgery or trauma, and in palliative care settings for pain from cancer and other terminal conditions. It is the only APS-awarded center in the Chicago area.

The Pain Management Center sees a variety of different diagnoses including chronic low back pain, fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), neck pain, arthritis pain, and many more. Our interdisciplinary approach, housed in a single location, includes traditional therapies as well as interventions that will help to improve not only the patient’s physical but also emotional well-being.  These strategies include sleep modification, pacing strategies, proper use of body mechanics, posture, and relaxation techniques — all designed to enhance the patient’s function while minimizing the use of medications and invasive procedures.