Referring Offices in Ogden

Patients with any of the clinical presentations/conditions listed below are excellent candidates for referral to the pain medicine specialists of Utah Pain & Rehab for appropriate, ethical and comprehensive evaluation:

Treatment-based "trigger points" for referral to pain medicine:

• Any time the physician feels uncomfortable with the patient's clinical progress or medication use.
• Patient on stable opioid analgesic pain medication who states it is no longer effective, or patient requiring a medication switch.
• Lack of response to physical therapy after 4-6 visits or 30-45 days.
• Consider referral to UP&R for confirmatory diagnosis and evaluation prior to physical therapy.

Condition-based "trigger points" for referral:

• Radicular arm or leg pain from the neck or low back, if associated with extremity sensory or motor changes consider immediate referral.
• Residual pain after neck or low back surgery, regardless of when the surgery occurred.
• Neuropathic pain, particularly of the upper or lower extremities.
• Pain that limits function and activity, including headache, vertebral compression fracture, spasticity, and non-malignant cancer pain.
• New-onset weakness/sensory deficits in upper or lower extremities.

Time-based "trigger points" for referral:

• New (acute) pain lasting more than one month, or still not resolving at follow-up visit.
• Pain that requires short-acting opioid for longer than 1-2 months.

Yes, Utah Pain & Rehab is a group practice comprised of interventional pain management specialists who provide care for patients with chronic pain conditions in a team-oriented environment, focused on accelerating your patient's path to enhanced functionality.

UP&R's scheduling team and physicians take great pride in maintaining scheduling flexibility to accommodate our referring offices' patients. Please contact the appropriate office for special situations as they arise; our schedulers will do everything possible to expedite your patient's appointment.

Yes, as a service to our referring practices, we offer appropriate medication management to patients. UP&R providers have developed an effective program to provide care for medication management patients. Our providers' goal is to reduce patients' dependence on controlled substances.

Additionally, UP&R maintains the highest standards of compliance with state and federal regulations and adherence/ monitoring protocols. Our providers will also provide consultation to referring practices to assist them in the management of patients prescribed controlled substances, upon request.

UP&R's pain management specialists treat all chronic pain conditions, including back pain, neck pain, failed back surgery syndrome, neuropathic pain, headaches/migraines, sports injuries and work-related injuries. Additionally, our specialists will accept appropriate medication management patients from their referring providers. Please feel free to contact our office if there is ever a question or a situation for which your practice requires assistance.