Journal of Commerce | DCN-JOC News Services | July 4, 2025
VICTORIA — The Province of B.C. is providing support for two pain clinics in Burnaby and Langford that are meant to give more opioid-free pain management options for construction workers.
“People in the construction industry need specialized supports with mental-health and substance-use challenges,” said Josie Osborne, minister of health, in a statement. “By continuing to fund the Opioid-Free Pain Clinics by Construction Industry Rehabilitation Plan, we are expanding access to safer pain-treatment options that support recovery from injuries, reduce harm and improve overall well-being.”
This spring, the Ministry of Health provided $160,000 to the Construction Industry Rehabilitation Plan (CIRP) for its opioid-free pain clinics, which provide pain-management options for construction workers and offer evidence-based approaches to pain relief without pharmacological interventions.
The funding will support the continued operation of the two clinics where services include myoActivation, an evidence-based trigger-point therapy approach, that focuses on needling therapy and counsellor-led self-management sessions.
“Both the construction industry and years of drug abuse have taken turns wrecking my body, but the support I have received, notably myoActivation, has brought me through to the other side of that pain,” said Ryan, a CIRP pain clinic client. “When I wake up to go to work, I no longer feel crippled and more often than not, I am smiling. CIRP kept me working through this rehabilitation, kept me off the streets and allowed me to keep the positive momentum I needed so much.”
The Burnaby clinic has been open to patients since 2020 and has supported more than 120 patients attending more than 1,500 appointments. A second clinic in Langford was opened in fall 2024.