I can only speak for my experience but mine was a nightmare. I just would not attend the 4 week pain program as for me it was not just worthless the doctors everyday tried to humiliat me or make me feel like this is all in the head. Even the patient that were there with just back pain the doctors told them it was in the head and if they stopped thinking of it, it would vanish. Then during group talking when the doctor would ask for us to share, people would talk about things that scared them and stuff and the one doctor that ran it would sit there rolling his eyes about the topics.

I did see Dr Hicks who was good. if you do go there make sure to go to a pain specialists as I was first sent to the neurologists and they believe RSD is a made up disease to get medecine.

Iam sure out of the whole institute there are good doctors, its just like anywhere some are good doctors and some are nightmares.

Niki