Burwood pain management centre — Canterbury

To contact the Burwood Pain Management Centre:

• call: 03 383 6831
• email: PainManagementcentre@cdhb.health.nz

Postal address:

Private Bag 4708
Christchurch 8140

The Burwood Pain Management Centre is at:

Burwood Hospital​
300 Burwood Road
Burwood
Christchurch 8083

We provide an interdisciplinary approach for people with chronic pain. We help people to restore functional ability and live as independently as possible. Pain management involves learning different ways of thinking and acting so that pain interferes less with life.

We help people to:

• improve understanding of chronic pain
• maximise individual functioning and enhance quality of life
• manage distress associated with pain
• promote self-management to increase personal skills and productive activity
• reduce reliance on the use of medication and health care providers.

First contact with the service

First contact with the service will usually involve attending our BASE pain education programme by either:

• attending an in-person half-day session or
• viewing a series of videos online.

This programme provides an introduction to chronic pain, and chronic pain management strategies.

What happens after the programme depends on your needs. We might consider:

• an assessment
• one or more group or individualised programmes.

You can access our pain management services with a referral from your healthcare provider.