Chronic pain and long-term conditions
Blackthorn Trust’s Pain Management programme offers an anthroposophical therapeutic approach to rehabilitation and recovery for patients suffering with chronic pain which has proven unresponsive to hospital treatment.
Overseen by Dr Andrew Sikorski, the programme weaves together Blackthorn’s therapies and workshops to help reduce the severity of symptoms, including pain, fatigue and insomnia in order to improve physical and mental well-being and capacity for day-to-day living.
Anthroposophy means ‘knowledge of the human being.’ Its medicine is based on natural science and makes use of the insights of Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) in investigating the human condition in health and illness. The importance of self-development in fulfilling one’s purpose in life is a central feature and Blackthorn provides an ideal setting for this enquiry.
ELIGIBILITY
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The causes of patients’ chronic pain must have been fully investigated and proven unresponsive to previous hospital or pain clinic interventions
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Patients must be resident within West Kent CCG
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Application may only be made by the patient’s own GP
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Blackthorn’s approach is based on the patient’s desire to change and therefore requires a willingness to participate
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An initial assessment and a trial period are offered to make sure that the approach is suitable and therefore likely to be productive
REFERRALS
We ask that individuals be referred by their GP. Surgeries hold our referral forms on their database and can be easily accessed.
Alternatively, you can download it below, take to your GP and return by email to susanna@blackthorn.org.uk
