The Pain Management Service at Raffles Hospital provides treatment for patients with chronic cancer and non-cancer pain. The objective is to improve physical function, sleep and quality of life in chronic pain sufferers.

Common pain syndromes include headaches, spinal (neck and back) pain, herniated discs, arthritis, myofascial pain, trigeminal neuralgia, post-shingles neuropathic pain, chronic post-surgical pain, complex regional pain syndrome, diabetes-related neuropathic pain as well as cancer pain.

Patients will have access to a variety of treatment options including medication, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, exercise training, interventional pain therapy, acupuncture as well as traditional Chinese medication. Common interventional pain treatments include trigger point injections, epidural steroid injections, nerve blocks, radiofrequency thermoablation, spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal drug delivery.

A multi-disciplinary team of specialists including pain physicians, orthopaedic surgeons, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and physiotherapists is available to help solve difficult pain problems.

Pain Management

• Musculoskeletal Pain
  1. Whiplash Injuries
  2. Neck, Shoulder and Arm Pain
  3. Back and Leg Pain
  4. Work-Related and Sports Injuries
  5. Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
  6. Chronic Post-Surgical Pain
  7. Pain Due to Arthritis
  8. Myofascial Pain
  9. Fibromyalgia (Muscle Pain Screening)
• Neuropathic Pain
  1. Trigeminal Neuralgia
  2. Spinal Cord Injury
  3. Spasticity Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
  4. Postherpetic Neuralgia (Shingles)
  5. Peripheral Nerve Pain
  6. Phantom Limb Pain
  7. HIV-Related Pain
• Cancer Pain
  1. Primary and Metastatic Cancer Pain
• Others
  1. Vascular Pain due to Ischaemia
  2. Raynaud’s Disease
  3. Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
  4. Headaches