But often, more than the illness impacts the patient. Many times, pain, sometimes excruciating and limiting, accompanies illness and its treatment. As part of its commitment to the vision of the Catholic Health Association, Provena Health recently adopted a proactive approach to the treatment of pain. Patients have always talked about their pain. Ill. He believes that people shouldn t be afraid to ask for help.
Pain can be very limiting to our patients.
Acute pain, often experienced after injury or surgery, ultimately goes away. But many people experience chronic pain, pain that lasts longer than four weeks, from illness, from injury, and sometimes for unknown reasons, says Dr. Martini. I see many patients with back pain, cancer pain, and headaches. It s my job to treat that pain, and hopefully, make it more physically and mentally manageable for them. Pain can often be a signal that something is wrong inside our bodies.