28/02/2020 Growing pains: chronic pain in children and youth
Much of the pain experienced by children and teenagers are chalked up to growing pains. While this may be part of the picture, the label ‘growing pains’ can mask underlying...
20/01/2020 Make a New Year’s Resolution to Manage Pain Effectively this Year!
As we bring in the new calendar year, it is a time to reflect and check in with ourselves. To ask if we are moving in the direction we desire...
20/01/2020 Privacy Policy Update
We have updated our privacy policy to reflect our commitment to ensuring 3rd party providers meeting Australian privacy laws. To review our new policy please click here....
19/12/2019 Wishing you a happy holiday season and a healthy dose of self-care
"The holidays can be exhausting. Chronic pain doesn't care that it's the holidays. It's supposed to be busy and you're supposed to have a good time. The pain will still...
29/11/2019 Support groups can foster resilience for chronic pain patients
Few conditions can be as isolating as chronic pain. Nobody else can see it or feel it – not your friends or family, not even your doctors. Nobody knows what...
29/11/2019 Altering Pain Signals with the Latest Technology
Neuromodulation can be a life-changing treatment for the carefully selected patient. In recent years, we have seen neuromodulation therapy advance in a way that has dramatically reduced pain and improved...
31/10/2019 What does multidisciplinary mean for you? Meet the professionals giving you the gold standard of care
There is no cure for chronic pain, yet there is significant research on how best to manage it. That is, by employing robust multidisciplinary teams that can effectively respond to...
25/09/2019 Nerve-related foot pain: is there a magic formula?
Numb, tingling, hypersensitive, stabbing and burning are words commonly used to describe the pain of peripheral neuropathy. Initially presenting in the feet, this pain syndrome is a source of disability...
30/08/2019 Celebrating the career of a remarkable Physician: Thank you Dr David Vivian!
Metro Pain Group was founded 32 years ago in 1986, by Dr David Vivian and has since consisted of leading medical physicians in the areas of interventional pain, musculoskeletal and...