Patient Satisfaction

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*Average time since Date of Injury:                       20 Months

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Reported Pain Level

Patients saw a 29% reduction in Pain Level .

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Pain Tolerance

64% reported an increase in their ability to tolerate pain.​

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Functional Abilities

225% increase in cardio-endurance.
176% increase in strength.
​35% decrease in pain interference in daily activities.

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Psychological Factors

40% decrease in depressive symptomology with most patients scoring in the “normal range” at discharge.

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Referral Sources

100% reported they were “highly satisfied” with their patient’s treatment at NTPRC.

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In a 1-Year Follow-Up

77% reported they need very little or no help with daily activities. 
Only 0% reported a reoccurrence of severe depression or anxiety.

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Return to Work

​This compares favorably to a 67% return-to-work rate that been reported nation-wide for interdisciplinary chronic pain programs.  It is also much better than 36% return-to-work rate for chronic pain syndrome patients who have spinal surgery, the 20% return-to-work rate for repeated spinal surgery, the 25% return to work rate for patients with spinal cord stimulators, or the 25% return to work rate for those patients treated with other conventional medical treatments.  (“Clinical outcome and economic evaluation of multidisciplinary pain centers.”  Okifuji, Akiko; Turk, Dennis; Kalauokalani, Donna  in  Handbook of Pain Syndromes by Block, Kremer and Fernandez.)

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