Center for Pain Treatment & Rehabilitation

In 1978, nationally recognized neurosurgeon Dr. Ronald Pawl founded the Pain Treatment Center (which later became the Center for Pain Treatment & Rehabilitation) at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital.

Thanks to the center's outstanding interdisciplinary team that includes physicians, RNs, psychologists, physical and occupational therapists, a dietitian and chaplain, chronic pain sufferers find real answers and a return to active, productive and enjoyable lives.

In addition to personalized treatment programs listed below, the Center offers a unique chronic pain management program called PRIDE (Progressive Resistance Intensive Daily Exercise).  PRIDE is an intensive 3- to 5-week outpatient treatment program for persons having difficulty managing daily living and/or work activities that treats the whole person and facilitates physical and emotional well-being.

The Center for Pain Treatment & Rehabilitation offers real treatment options to those who seek improved pain management, including:

• Biofeedback
• Comprehensive, interdisciplinary evaluations
• Medical acupuncture, which stimulates the body's natural healing abilities
• Relaxation techniques
• Stress management and coping strategies
• Therapeutic exercises
• PRIDE (Progressive Resistance Intensive Daily Exercise)

 

For an appointment at the Center for Pain Treatment & Rehabilitation, please call (847) 535-6132.  Please email any questions you have to physicaltherapy@lfh.org.