Learn More About Pain Management at NWRTW
We encourage you to learn more about pain management at NWRTW. The goal of the Structured Intensive Multidisciplinary Pain Program (SIMP) at Northwest Return to Work (NWRTW) is to encourage clients to develop self-awareness and find strategies to improve their psychological well-being. We do this by helping them learn effective self-management techniques.
“Anyone who has experienced pain can explain that the pain affects you both physically and emotionally. Chronic pain is real,” explains Dr. Marissa Boyd, a Naturopathic physician at NWRTW. “Pain is powerful. It can change your immune system, affect how you sleep, and disrupt relationships. Pain can completely restructure someone’s life.”
The SIMP Program at NWRTW utilizes outpatient treatment that is integrated, comprehensive, and evidence-based to help workers with chronic pain. The program is available to any injured worker who has experienced chronic pain and is experiencing that pain as a barrier to returning to work and life. Our SIMP program is one of the most holistic treatment programs L&I can offer to the injured worker and allows a personalized and intimate approach to pain management.
We take pain very seriously at NWRTW
SIMP physicians use several alternative pain management tools such as chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, meditation, and craniosacral therapies, but the most effective pain management tool is movement. We recommend regular physical activity, such as yoga, walking, or hiking. Many people feel trapped by their injuries. But increasing blood flow, stretching, and breath work literally flushes your body’s inflammatory process and can break the cycle of pain.
According to the Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), “a growing body of evidence suggests that some complementary approaches, such as acupuncture, hypnosis, massage, mindfulness meditation, music-based interventions, spinal manipulation, tai chi, qigong, and yoga, may help to manage some painful conditions.”
We also encourage positive thought, through pain management at NWRTW. There are some things in this world we can change and many we cannot. Even if the pain doesn’t change, changing the way you look at and approach the pain, changes the pain.
NWRTW has one of the only structured, intensive, multi-disciplinary programs in the state of Washington for treating chronic pain. We utilize psychologists for psychological treatments, physical and occupational therapists for physical treatments, vocational counselors to make sure barriers to recovery are eliminated, medical doctors to oversee the program and provide information, and occupational medicine for supplements, homeopathic medicine, and pain management treatments and techniques for managing pain.
Learn more about pain management at NWRTW. If you or someone you know is suffering from pain due to a work injury, it’s time to contact NWRTW.