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Anyone had a successful experience w/ Mayo Pain Rehabilitation Center?

Posted by swimbikerun @swimbikerun, Mar 17, 2022

Just wondering if anyone has had success with the Mayo Pain Rehabilitation Center program? That seems to be the direction my dr's are moving in but there are aspects of it that give me pause. For instance, the idea of discontinuation of pain meds. The strongest meds I'm on is Tylenol so a focus on this would not be very beneficial for me.

If anyone can share their experiences positive or negative with the 3 week rehab program I would greatly appreciate it. Also, is Mayo the only/best option? It requires travel for me with 3 weeks of hotel/etc expenses so would nice if there were other options closer to home.

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nanacarol | @nanacarol | 1 day ago
In reply to @JustinMcClanahan "Hello @nanacarol, I combined your discussion on the Pain Rehab Clinic with an existing discussion of..." + (show)
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Hello @nanacarol,

I combined your discussion on the Pain Rehab Clinic with an existing discussion of the same topic:

"Anyone had a successful experience w/ Mayo Pain Rehabilitation Center?"
- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/has-anyone-successful-experience-with-mayo-pain-rehabilitation-center/

Here you can meet members who have asked about the pain rehab clinic and also read through their experiences with the clinic as well. @rwinney has shared their experience with the program a handful of times in this discussion thread. @kmdenton33, @alh123, and @ldb all talked about the program in this thread as well and may have some updates to share as well.

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The discussions there are from 2022. I was hoping for more recent up to date experiences.

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nanacarol | @nanacarol | 1 day ago
In reply to @rwinney "@nanacarol13 Hi there. Yes, I graduated the PRC coming up on 6 years the end of..." + (show)
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@nanacarol13 Hi there. Yes, I graduated the PRC coming up on 6 years the end of the month. Best thing I ever did for myself because it gave me a blueprint of how to live with the cards I've been dealt.

You are absolutely right it is a huge commitment both time and money and only you know if it's worth it. I guess it's about how desperate are you to help yourself have better quality of life? It's a big commitment one that you really have to buy into and be open-minded about learning new ways of coping, strategizing and understanding that physical fitness is a must. Cognitive behavioral therapy was a huge part of the program and for me was very eye-opening in a good way . The program moderates and although it's not designed specifically to each person, each person's levels are taken into consideration for the overall picture. If you have no meds to get off then you're that much farther ahead of the game! Good for you.

What are your thoughts? Does the program intimidate you based on the structure of it or do you think it's just not enough bang for the buck?

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@rwinney When I looked at the program, it seems to be a lot of group lectures. Only one talk dealt with CSS. It could be too general.
The Mayo zoom call just talked about the general program. We were discouraged from asking about our specific challenges.

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