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		<title>Treating Depression is Crucial for Effective Chronic Pain Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychological problems can develop as a direct result of living with chronic pain and/or long-term pain medication treatment.  These problems are serious and often sabotage peoples’ ability to receive adequate pain management treatment. 
There are four major areas that tend to impact chronic pain patients the most:
Depression
Irrational thinking patterns and the resultant uncomfortable emotions
Anxiety and Trauma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Crucial to Rate &#038; Share Your Pain Symptoms to Obtain Effective Chronic Pain Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people I have worked with over the years have consistently rated their pain at levels 9 or 10 on the 0 to 10 pain scale.  Part of this high rating may have been a misunderstanding of the pain scale.  Another reason some of my patients would finally confide to me that they rated it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Three Levels of Chronic Pain Management</title>
		<link>http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/the-three-levels-of-effective-chronic-pain-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today pain management professionals systematically approache the treatment of pain at all three levels (bio-psycho-social) simultaneously.  This means using physical treatments to reduce the intensity of your physical pain.  It also means using psychological treatments to identify and change your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are making your pain more intense and replacing them with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding the Addiction Pain Syndrome™ for Effective Chronic Pain Management</title>
		<link>http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/understanding-the-addiction-pain-syndrome-for-effective-chronic-pain-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1996 I conducted research to begin developing the first clinical skills training for Addiction Free Pain Management®.  What I looked for was information on people who had chronic pain and co-existing addiction.  What I found was disturbing.  There wasn’t much there! 
What I did find was a large amount of data on people with addiction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chronic Pain Management is NOT a Quick Fix</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in a quick fix society.  When something goes wrong we look for the fastest way to remedy the situation.  When we have a headache we “pop a pill” and the problem is solved.  If you watched any amount of TV the past few years you may have noticed a significant increase in commercials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is there Gender Bias in Cancer Chronic Pain Management</title>
		<link>http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/is-there-gender-bias-in-cancer-chronic-pain-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve published research information in the past about gender differences in pain management that you can review on our Research Page and look for my report titled Gender and Pain.  Today I ran across a report about a research study that was published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, August 2008.  I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sierra Tucson Provides Exceptional APM™ Chronic Pain Management</title>
		<link>http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/sierra-tucson-provides-exceptional-chronic-pain-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve spent that last few days back in the desert in Tucson for my final site visit at the Sierra Tucson Pain Program.  Sierra Tucson is our first Addiction-Free Pain Management® (APM) Center of Excellence and I’m very pleased to say that they are providing the best treatment in the country for anyone with chronic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addiction Recovery and Chronic Pain Management</title>
		<link>http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/addiction-recovery-and-chronic-pain-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to researched published in Pain Physician Journal as recently as 2006, 90 percent of people in the US receiving treatment for pain management were prescribed opiate medication. Of that number 9 percent to 41 percent had opiate abuse/addiction problems. The research also stated that 16 percent of pain management patients experienced illicit drug use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APM™ Coaching for Chronic Pain Management</title>
		<link>http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/apm%e2%84%a2-coaching-for-chronic-pain-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I want to cover the telephone Addiction-Free Pain Management® (APM) Coaching services we offer.    If you’re not sure if coaching is for you please go to our Coaching  page and click on the Coaching Questionnaire link near the end of the page.  If you’re interested in receiving free information and an overview of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chronic Pain Management Continues to Evolve</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read a very interesting article online by Winston Parris, MD, DABPM, who is Professor of Anesthesia and Chief of the Pain Programs at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.  He was also a founding member and served as President of the American College of Pain Medicine, the American Board of Pain [...]]]></description>
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