Living with chronic pain can be a long and frustrating journey. We're here to help you understand what's happening, explore your options and find the right path forward.
We offer face to face or virtual appointments, to ensure you feel comfortable throughout your journey with us.
Your care, your choice
Every patient’s journey is different. Some people choose to self-fund, others use private medical insurance, and many continue to receive care through the NHS alongside their treatment at Wye Sanctuary. We’ll help you understand the options available so you can make informed decisions that are right for you.
Self-funded appointments
Private medical insurance
Payment plans for selected procedures
Working alongside NHS services
A consultant-led approach
Before discussing treatment, we take time to understand you. By listening carefully to your experience, we can create a personalised plan that combines the most appropriate treatments with practical support to help you regain confidence and quality of life.
— Time to listen and explain
— Treatment choices tailored to you
— Calm follow-up and continuity
Joined up care
Chronic pain is rarely managed by one clinician alone. We take time to gather information from the healthcare professionals involved in your care, keep your GP informed and, when appropriate, work alongside trusted local physiotherapists, psychologists, counsellors and other specialist practitioners. By bringing different perspectives together, we aim to create a coordinated treatment plan that feels connected, practical and centred around you.
Chronic pain is not one condition. It develops in different ways, and understanding the type of pain you have helps guide the most appropriate treatment.
Primary pain
Fibromyalgia & widespread pain
Migraine & chronic headache
Chronic pelvic pain
Chronic abdominal (visceral) pain
Musculoskeletal Pain
Chronic neck pain
Spinal pain
Sciatica & radicular leg pain
Arthritis & joint pain
Neuropathic pain
Peripheral neuropathy
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Post-herpetic neuralgia
Other nerve pain syndromes
Persistent secondary pain
Post-surgical pain
Post-trauma pain
Persistent pain following childbirth
Cancer pain
Not sure which category your pain fits into?
That’s perfectly normal. Your consultation starts by understanding your story, not by fitting you into a diagnosis.
Understanding your story comes before treating your pain. We know that many people arrive after a long and often frustrating journey through appointments, investigations and treatments. Your treatment plan may combine several approaches, tailored to your individual needs and goals. The aim is not simply to reduce symptoms, but to help restore confidence, function and a sense of control.
Medication review
Clarifying what helps, what hinders and where safer alternatives may be appropriate.
Interventional procedures
Image-guided injections and pain procedures when clinically indicated and carefully explained.
Rehabilitation guidance
Practical movement, pacing and recovery planning that respects your current capacity.
Multidisciplinary support
Coordinated recommendations for physiotherapy, psychology or other specialist care when helpful.
Patient resources
Articles to help you understand pain
Plain-English guides from Wye Sanctuary on persistent pain, treatment options and living well.
Persistent pain is not always explained by an overprotective or sensitised nervous system. For people living with conditions such as hypermobility or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, or with pain following injury, trauma or surgery, there may be ongoing physical reasons for pain alongside changes in the nervous system. This article explores why we don't have to choose between physical and neuroplastic explanations of pain — and why good pain care means listening to both the nervous system and the body.
Pain injections can reduce symptoms, provide useful diagnostic information or create an opportunity for rehabilitation — but they are not the right treatment for every type of persistent pain. This article explains how different injections are used, what they can realistically achieve and why careful patient selection matters.
When does pain specialist input genuinely add value? This article considers when to refer patients with persistent or complex pain — and when completing investigation or obtaining an appropriate specialist diagnosis should come first. It also explores what makes a pain referral useful and how specialist assessment can support rather than replace existing care.
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