SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb., – Chronic pain is not easy to treat. It’s so complex, in fact, that pain management is a sub-specialty of several medical specialties, including neurology, psychiatry, anesthesiology, and physical and rehabilitation medicine, or rehabilitation medicine.

Regional West Physicians Clinic-Pain Management Clinic was developed to help area residents who suffer chronic pain.

The clinic is staffed by providers who specialize in pain management and rehabilitation medicine. It offers hope and relief to patients who suffer chronic pain related to trauma, cancer, and other illnesses; post-operative pain; headaches; chronic pain of the joints, neck, back; and many other common as well as uncommon pain problems.

The Pain Management Clinic serves as the next step or a “bridge” for patients when primary care cannot provide pain relief. The clinic offers comprehensive pain services including assessment, treatment, education, and follow-up designed to address the physical aspects of pain. Physician referral is required.

Specialized pain care is suited to patients who have suffered for more than a week or two or who live with chronic pain. The staff is trained to determine the need for medication, injections, and/or referral, and coordinate each patient’s care. Once a patient is doing well, he or she is referred back to their primary care provider.

Physiatrists Jaimie Clodfelter, DO, and R. Gregg Wilroy, DO, are nerve, muscle, and bone specialists who treat injury or illness non-surgically to decrease pain and restore function. They are both board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as well as Pain Medicine. Nurse practitioner Ron Strachan, APRN-FNP/PMHNP completes the team of specialized providers.

Dr. Clodfelter earned her medical degree at Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience, Kansas City, MO. She completed her residency and fellowship at Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA.

Dr. Wilroy earned his medical degree at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Vallejo, Calif. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Northside Hospital & Heart Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla., and a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Penn. He was awarded a Fellowship in Pain Medicine at The Institute for Pain Medicine at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, Penn.

Dr. Wilroy served in the U.S. Army Infantry and Military Police at Fort Lewis, Wash., and worked at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.

Ron Strachan, APRN-FNP/PMHN, earned his Master’s degree in nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha. He is a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.

Regional West Health Services, with over 1,800 employees, provides comprehensive and innovative health care services for the people and communities of western Nebraska and the neighboring states of Colorado, South Dakota and Wyoming. With over 110 active physicians, 95 percent of whom are board certified or board eligible, plus an additional 25 consulting specialists, Regional West offers care that spans more than 30 medical specialties. Regional West Medical Center, a subsidiary of Regional West Health Services, is accredited by The Joint Commission and is one of three Level II Trauma Centers in Nebraska.