Admin Wednesday evenings starting this week, Allevio is pleased to introduce a group mindfulness session for patients mental health, focus and balance. The sessions will be run on a trial basis by licences Social Worker, Jeff Mintz. Jeff’s bio is here. The cost is $30, the time is 6:30 and space is limited… You do not … Read more
We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Ramin Safakish will be joining Allevio full time in the new year. Dr. Safakish’s website, is a great resource for all kinds of information about chronic pain procedures and information. There is also a lot of information about him and his practice. Please feel free to check … Read more
Australian Olympic hopeful Janine Shepherd gives an important and inspirational lecture, recently published on TED.com. She shares a lesson that so many of us need to remember as we deal with overcoming and managing pain in our lives, that our greatest limitation is how we perceive our issues. Shepherd quotes Lau Tzu: “When you let … Read more
Or front door sign recently arrived… It’s a small but important finishing touch on the clinic. A photo of the one in the reception area will come shortly.
There are a number of media outlets covering the story of Oxycontin and the generic formula. Two worth reading can be found through the National Post: The first is a news article, by Sharon Kirkey, and paints a very clear, balanced and detailed picture of the issue and debate. If you want to understand the … Read more
Yesterday morning the Allevio Chronic Pain team received a call from the southern US (Florida specifically) and asked if we are able to accept patients to see a specific practitioner we have at the clinic. While we know they have either seen this doctor before or were referred through a Canadian source, we are all … Read more
Eli Lilly Canada reports Cymbalta, a drug they produce, has been approved for Osteoarthritis, an arthritis affecting almost everyone 65 years of age or older. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. In fact, one in eight Canadians live with it and almost everyone over 65 years of age has OA in at least … Read more
Pain Medicine Today reports a new study showing a clear link between people with migraine headaches and chronic back pain. Investigators analyzed information from phone and mail surveys of 18,000 people in Germany. There were 9,944 respondents, for a response rate of 55.2%. Respondents with chronic migraine were 15.8 times more likely to have frequent … Read more
If older pain patients take Opiodis, research shows it can dramatically alter their lives, and not necessarily for the better. The first line of treatment should be non-opioid based, in many cases. KevinMD.com posted a great blog about it, written by Steven Reznick, MD. A 2010 research paper in the Archives of Internal Medicine looked … Read more
Practice standards at Allevio are among the highest in the world. We are holding ourselves to a level of care that is internationally set and recognized by organizations around the world considered global thought and practice leaders. We do this because we understand pain management practice varies greatly depending on the standard of care practitioners … Read more