When facing challenges, it is important to arm ourselves with knowledge and make well informed decisions in order to move forward. The Allevio Pain Management clinical team, research team and management are keeping a very close eye on infection control standards and pain management practice insights as we prepare to help patients in “our new … Read more
Friends, As of this afternoon, Allevio is pausing in-clinic procedures and visits. The amount of time we pause our regular in-clinic pain management will depend on a few things, including how the COVID-19 situation evolves, how our regulators and the government ask us to respond, and how we can better prepare our space and our … Read more
COVID-19 is placing stress on Canada’s public health system. Our clinic offers virtual care to make sure that we can continue to care for our patients safely and effectively. This means that we will be using video and audio technologies for some patient visits rather than asking all patients to come into our office. Some … Read more
Allevio is always taking precautions to ensure both our and your safety. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, we are increasing our efforts however we can, ensuring Allevio continues our caring, carefully. We are facing the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic with our eyes open, our hands clean, and our intentions heart-felt. If we can keep working in a way where … Read more
Happy holidays! Allevio’s clinic will be closed from today through January 2, 2020. If you’re having a medical emergency, please find your nearest urgent care centre or hospital emergency room… or please dial 911. If you would like to send us a message about anything non-urgent, please feel free to call us and leave a … Read more
In Allevio’s ongoing quest to improve the way the world manages pain, several members of our amazing team, including our Research Coordination Lead, Shadi Babazadeh, MD, Allevio’s first full time physician Dr. Ramin Safakish, and our Medical Director, Dr. Imrat Sohanpal, have prepared a poster outlining our outcomes using Prolotherapy for Sacroiliac Joint (SI … Read more
Last month, Timothy Caulfield, Canada research chair in health law and policy at the University of Alberta, told the CBC in this article that the term “stem cell” is being dubiously used by marketers to sell products. It follows an article by Kelly Crowe, which highlights in more detail what kind of therapy is available in … Read more
As part of Allevio’s ongoing effort to make communication with our Pain Management clinic’s data and patient feedback easier than ever, Allevio is proud to inform our patients of our new Pain Score Hotline phone number: 1 (855) 479 1915 Our system will continue to evolve over the next several months, but even as of … Read more
Allevio is working hard on a pilot project for Canadian patients who are 55+ years of age, managing a pain condition, and who are going to be spending a portion of their winter in Florida this year. Essentially, if you are going south this winter and choose to participate in the program, Allevio will work with you and an … Read more
Stuck waiting on hold to speak with a member of our team for too long, or do you have a quick question you’d like answered without having to call or email? Feel free to send us an instant message! The link is on the bottom of our webpage, and we are happy to help however … Read more