Quack! Quack!
Like others have warned, don't waste your time or money. I talked with him for an hour and tried to answer his odd questions. I rolled with it thinking maybe there was a method to his madness and he was trying to get a baseline. We agreed on a date and time for a follow-up in a week. I then got an email for an appointment in 2 days. I tried calling and emailing, no response so I cancelled the appointment online. I then got another email for an appointment a week later but at a time I couldn't do. Again, tried to contact to fix, no response. Completely unresponsive.
He sent me one boilerplate email with generic recommendations. Here is the content so you can save your time and money.
"Here is a list of potential pain management/coping resources we discussed that many patients use to manage their pain on a daily basis.
1. First, app-based guided instruction in relaxation is always a good option. There are several apps you can download and the apps contain professionally guided instruction in relaxation to promote pain reduction. Most frequently used by my patients is CALM (breathing, imagery, meditation) and HeadSpace (progressive muscle and autogenic relaxation strategies). You can download and begin practice. They also help with sleep quality.
2. There is a CBT Pain Coping manual entitled "omitted because I'm not advertising it." Reviews the most common concerns reported by patients with pain trying to cope with long-term pain issues. There are exercises for each chapter to help you personalize the lessons to your specific circumstance, then a number of suggestions regarding strategies patients use to manage these situations. Please obtain and start your review and we'll review the primary pain coping points at our upcoming visits.
3. Many patients benefit from online Pain Support Groups and attached is the contact information for Dr. SoAndSo who coordinates the online Pain Support Groups in the Denver Metro area should you be interested. You can contact Dr. SoAndSo and he'll inform you as to how you can participate."
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