Rehabilitation to help manage pain
In pain rehabilitation, a person with back pain learns to manage their pain so that it does not dominate and paralyse their whole life.
«The aim of rehabilitation is to minimise the need for medication and to enable people to relieve their pain themselves without medication,» says Kristiina Kokkonen.
But the need for support does not end with rehabilitation.
«For a pain patient, it is important to have follow-up, the opportunity to talk and share the pain-related burden – preferably with the same familiar doctor who meets the patient and monitors his or her situation regularly.»
