survey results

Femade is trying to do something unique; something that doesn’t already exist. For the first time we are allowing the reproductive and endocrine systems to take centre stage in pain management as they are highly associated with pain manifestation, and should be regarded in pain treatment. For the first time ever, we are creating a safe space for cis-women, those who have transitioned, and those assigned female at birth. We knew in our gut that this was something dire, but to be sure we asked the public. We asked you.

The results were astounding and we were right; Femade and all it stands for is a necessity.

We took 179 responders from across Canada, and looked at what matters most to them. We asked then about ALL of their illnesses, what has helped in the past, and what they would be willing to try insofar as alternative medicine. There was a common element between all Canadians: they would be willing to explore alternative medicines if the practitioner was knowledgeable in gynecological and/or invisible illness.

There was so much we learned from this survey and too much data to present in one inforgraphic. With the free text that was offered to patients we now have an idea which modalities of alternative medicine have shown positive results, and for what illnesses. We now have a picture of comorbidities, prevalence, and strategies to manage chronic pain in these populations.

Next steps are more challenging. With Femade our goal is to provide care to as many people with chronic pain as we can. To overcome the burden of wait times as we see with the government approved pain clinics, we will continue to build more Femade locations to meet the demand. Patients will be given an opportunity to work with us between visits so that we can put together the most comprehensive data analysis of treatment outcomes for these patients. To us, this isn’t just a chronic pain management centre, it’s a bar set for how all chronic pain patients need to be treated in Canada.