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Pain Management Center

Pain Management Center

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Our Mission:

The University of Maryland Pain Management Center uses a multidisciplinary team approach to provide compassionate and comprehensive services to reduce pain, promote coping strategies, and improve function and the quality of life. Active patient involvement in the treatment plan is encouraged and therapies are tailored to individual needs.

Chronic pain is a multifaceted and complex syndrome that adversely affects a person's physical, emotional, socioeconomic, and spiritual well-being. It can disrupt human relationships, creativity, productivity and impact the quality of life.

At the University of Maryland Pain Management Center, we are committed to improving the lives of people with chronic pain. Our assessment, treatment and prevention services focus on enriching the lives of the people we serve. We integrate traditional and complementary medicine into our multidisciplinary team approach. (See Pain Management Center feature story.)

At the University of Maryland Pain Management Center, our treatment goals include:

Diagnose and treat chronic pain syndromes
Reduce pain and increase comfort
Increase the ability to manage pain and related problems
Increase physical capabilities and activities
Support the return to productive activity
Minimize the use of medications
Increase coping, self-care and stress management skills
Improve the quality of life

For more information or to make an appointment, call the University of Maryland Pain Management Center at 410-448-6824 or email us at paininfo@anes.umm.edu