Group Visits are IPS’s way of offering another approach to help our patients manage their pain. The groups are not mandatory, but are encouraged as a way to interact in a group setting once a month. The group is taught by a pain specialist.
One of the group sessions may focus more on expressive writing and others the effects anxiety, stress and lack of sleep have on chronic pain. There have even been groups where one patient taught the others a dance, and another group a patient taught the group to do arts and crafts. There was also a yoga class for those who were interested.
Group Visits are offered because they help manage pain.