Pain Service

Box: 215

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hills Road,

Cambridge,

CB2 0QQ

 

Enquiries: 01223 217 796

 

 

About the Pain Service | Finding the clinic | Your appointment | Patient information leaflets

 

About the Pain Service

 

We aim to provide you with the skills necessary to enable you to manage your pain and symptoms more effectively. This may be achieved by a number of different interventions as described below. Each patient will have a plan to suit their individual needs.

 

 

You may telephone us Monday – Friday between the hours of 0900 and 1700 if you have any questions. Outside of these hours, please leave a message on the answerphone. One of our staff will be happy to answer any questions. We aim to make your visit as informative as possible, and we make every attempt to keep waiting to a minimum. If there is any aspect of our service that you are not happy with, please let us know.

 

Finding the clinic

 

From the outpatients hall, walk past pharmacy (on your right) & turn left, passing the WRVS. Pass clinic 5 on your left, take the lift (straight in front of you) or stairs (a little way down the corridor on the left) to level three. The Pain Clinic is at the end of the corridor on the left.

 

 

Your appointment

 

Each time you attend the clinic you will be asked to complete questionnaires which help us to plan your treatment and evaluate your progress. You will then be assessed by a doctor or nurse, and the first visit will usually include a physical examination. It would be helpful if you bring a list of all your current medication.

 

Interventions (things we can do to help you)

• Medication
  
  As well as pain killers there are other drugs which may alter your pain experience. You may need to take these for several months but eventually our aim is to help you take fewer medications.
  
  

• Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
  
  This is a small battery operated device that works by blocking the painful sensations on their pathway in the spinal cord. Stimulation occurs through adhesive pads placed on the skin.
  
  

• Nerve blocks
  
  These are injections carried out by a doctor as an outpatient at Ely Day Surgery Unit or Addenbrooke's Pain Clinic. Information on specific interventions will be given prior to treatment.
  
  

• Psychological therapies
  
  Pain can cause distress and upset and has both physical and psychological (body and mind) features. It may be helpful to look at both of these areas in the search for better pain control.

 

Points to remember

1. Please bring your glasses if you need them for reading
   
   
2. Always bring a list of all your current medication
   
   
3. Take all your regular medication on treatment days unless advised to omit anything by the Pain Clinic
   
   
4. If there is any possibility you may be pregnant please inform the doctor or nurse
   
   
5. Treatment usually takes place at Ely Day Surgery Unit. Your stay may be between two to four hours, and you must have someone to drive you home

 

 

Patient information leaflets

 

Title of leaflet (click to sort)	Service/Dept. (click to sort)	Ref no. (click to sort)
Gabapentin for pain relief	Pain Service	PIN 0761
Tricyclics for Pain/Sleep	Pain Service	PIN 1016
Pain Clinic	Pain Service	PIN 1280
Coeliac Plexus Block	Pain Service	PIN 1281
Denervation	Pain Service	PIN 1282
Dorsal Root Ganglion block	Pain Service	PIN 1283
Epidural Injections	Pain Service	PIN 1284
Facet Joint Injections	Pain Service	PIN 1258
Guanethidine Block	Pain Service	PIN 1286
Lumbar Sympathetic Block	Pain Service	PIN 1287
Pulsed Radiofrequency	Pain Service	PIN 1288
Sacro-iliac Joint Injections	Pain Service	PIN 1289
Stellate Ganglion Block	Pain Service	PIN 1290
Superior Hypogastric Block	Pain Service	PIN 1291
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for pain relief	Pain Service	PIN 1304
Pain Clinic - discharge advice and information	Pain Service	PIN 2149
Pain relief - advice to be read before having a pain relief procedure	Pain Service	PIN 2150
Occipital Nerve Block	Pain Service	PIN 2213
Trigger Point Injections	Pain Service	PIN 2215
Gabapentin for pain relief	Pain Service	PIN 1292
Tricyclics for pain/sleep	Pain Service	PIN 1293
Splanchnic Nerve Block	Pain Service	PIN 2212
Suprascapular Nerve Block	Pain Service	PIN 2214
Intercostal Nerve Block	Pain Service	PIN 2579
Botulinum toxin injections	Pain Service	PIN 2216
Ganglion of Impar Block	Pain Service	PIN 2211
Clinical Psychology in Pain Service	Pain Service	PIN 2697
Introduction to the Pain Service	Pain Service	PIN 2834
Advice to be read before having Pain Service injection treatments	Pain Service	PIN 2830
CRPS - Complex regional pain syndrome	Pain Service	PIN 2831
Discharge advice and information	Pain Service	PIN 2832
Fibromyalgia	Pain Service	PIN 2833
General information leaflet regarding telephone clinics	Pain Service	PIN 2874
What is the Alexander Technique?	Pain Service	PIN 2482
The Alexander Technique semi-supine position	Pain Service	PIN 2483
The Alexander Technique – What is position of Mechanical Advantage or “monkey”?	Pain Service	PIN 2484
Psychology treatments and pain service	Pain Service	PIN 2698

 

 

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