Functional Restoration Program

The Functional Restoration Program (FRP) is a rehabilitation program provided by the Spine Center for chronic spine pain sufferers that aims to increase physical functioning, improve pain-coping skills, promote the return to a productive lifestyle at home or at work, and limit the need for future spine treatments.

View our new informational video The Functional Restoration Program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock: A Better Life for People with Pain:

• Part 1: Introduction to the FRP
• Part 2: Getting Started in the FRP
• Part 3: What is it like to be in the Program?
• Part 4: Setting Goals
• Part 5: Working with the Group
• Part 6: Continuing Care, Social Support, Community Resources
• Part 7: Following Through: After FRP
• Part 8: Bringing It All Together

Click any of the links above to watch the video in a popup window.
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For more information about the program, refer to the following sections:

• About the Functional Restoration Program
• Self-assessment questions
• Next steps:
• Making an appointment
• Your first appointment (functional assessment)
• Shared decision making of the FRP: Evaluating whether or not the program is right for you
• Program location
• The Functional Restoration Program team

Make an Appointment

• Functional Restoration Program
  (603) 650-8285
• More Appointment Information

FRP Provider

• Rowland G. Hazard, MD
• Colleen Olson, MS, ARNP

Get Help Making Healthcare Decisions

• Center for Shared Decision Making
• Decision Aid for People with Low Back Pain

DHMC Related Links

• Spine & Neck Conditions & Treatments
• Spine Center
• Q&A with Dr. James Weinstein on Low Back Pain

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• Functional Restoration Program