The Helmcken Pain Clinic is a community-based interventional pain clinic accredited by the CPSBC NHMSFAP. We focus primarily on spine pain, nerve pain, and complex headaches using multimodal therapy, which is a combination of injections, medications, nerve ablations, cognitive therapies, pain reprocessing therapy and recommendations for exercise. We require patients to be active participants in their recovery. Our therapies are designed to facilitate physical reconditioning, which is the best long-term solution for most types of chronic pain.
Most visits and procedures are covered by the BC Medical Services Plan. We DO NOT accept private pay for faster access.
The Helmcken Pain Clinic receives no direct funding from the Ministry of Health or the Vancouver Island Health Authority. We pay for the building, staff, materials, and equipment out of fees collected from the BC Medical Services Plan – the same fees that hospital-based physicians bill, but the health authority (government) pays for their clinic space, equipment, nurses, and other staff. Our clinic saves the BC Government hundreds of thousands of dollars every year while providing the highest quality interventional pain management available.