Alleviate Pain Clinic

Alleviate Pain Clinic is a specialist pain management clinic located at Farrer Park Hospital (Connexion) in Singapore. Led by Dr Christopher Liu, an MOH-accredited Pain Specialist, the clinic focuses on diagnosing and treating chronic pain, persistent musculoskeletal conditions, nerve-related pain, headaches and facial pain. Its approach combines comprehensive assessments with evidence-based medical treatments and personalised care plans to help patients manage pain, improve mobility and regain their quality of life.

The clinic treats a wide range of pain conditions, including back pain, neck pain, sciatica, frozen shoulder, hip and knee pain, arthritis, sports injuries, migraines, chronic headaches, trigeminal neuralgia, nerve pain and cancer-related pain. Patients receive an individualised assessment to identify the underlying source of their discomfort, which may involve physical examinations, reviewing existing imaging scans, diagnostic injections or further investigations where necessary.

Alleviate Pain Clinic offers various minimally invasive and interventional pain management treatments. These include epidural steroid injections, facet joint injections, trigger point injections, hip, knee and shoulder joint injections, nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablation (nerve denervation), platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections and botulinum toxin (BTX) injections for chronic migraines. Other available treatments include spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal drug delivery, intradiscal procedures and shockwave therapy for persistent tendon and musculoskeletal pain.

The clinic is led by Dr Christopher Liu, who completed specialist training in Pain Medicine at Singapore General Hospital and further subspecialty training in Canada, including an interventional pain fellowship at the University Health Network in Toronto. He was previously a Senior Consultant in the Department of Pain Medicine at Singapore General Hospital and is currently a Visiting Consultant there. Dr Liu has also authored more than 35 scientific publications and book chapters on pain medicine and serves as Pain Section Editor for the British Journal of Anaesthesia Education.

Located within Farrer Park Hospital, Alleviate Pain Clinic provides specialist consultations and treatment for patients experiencing both acute and persistent pain. The clinic works with other medical specialists, physiotherapists and allied health professionals where appropriate to support comprehensive pain management. A doctor's referral is not required to arrange an initial consultation.