If you’re like me you know that living with chronic pain is very difficult. If you also have a coexisting addiction or other psychological disorders it becomes even harder. Sometimes our self-esteem is practically non-existent and many people even lose the support of their significant others.

Many people with chronic pain and coexisting disorders often become depressed and feel a deep sense of hopelessness. Healthcare providers often become confused and frustrated when their treatment interventions are ineffective, and often blame the patient (you). Given the biopsychosocial nature of chronic pain I believe that it is imperative to utilize a multidisciplinary treatment plan.

I’ve helped people who were mislead by some unscrupulous healthcare providers who told them they could handle all of their chronic pain management needs. In many cases what they offered was a wide spectrum of medication that led many of these people into bad problems. Other alternative healthcare providers promised miracle treatment interventions; usually at a very high cost.

True multidisciplinary pain management involves a host of interventions such as physical therapy, massage, medication management, counseling or therapy, biofeedback, occupational therapy, exercise physiology, an addiction medicine specialist, an anesthesiologist or pharmacologist, and a case manager. It may also include some type of movement therapy such as Tai Chi, classes on spiritual wellness, yoga or meditation.

Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Management

To learn more about teamwork for chronic pain management please check out my article The Need for Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Treatment that you can download for free on our Ariticles page.

To learn about two skill trainings coming up in Sacramento California designed to teach treatment strategies for people living with chronic pain and coexisting disorders including disorders including addiction and prescription drug abuse please Click Here.

You can learn more about the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System at our website www.addiction-free.com. If you are working with people in chronic pain or living with chronic pain yourself and want to learn how to develop a plan for managing the pain and coexisting psychological disorders including PTSD or addiction effectively please go to our Publications page and check out my book the Managing Pain and Coexisting Disorders: Using the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System. To purchase this book please Click Here.

To listen to a radio interview I did conducted by Mary Woods for her program One Hour at a Time please Click Here to go to this interview.

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