Managing Chronic Pain without Pills
There is a very troubling phenomenon in the area of pain management in the United States. In 2006 research published in Pain Physician Journal reported that 90 percent of people seeking pain management were prescribed opiates. Most research on using opiates for pain management are tracking people on the medication for anywhere from one to four months. What about a person who has been on this type of medication for years?
In 1996 with the help of Terence T. Gorski and the CENAPS® Corporation I started developing the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System to help people living with chronic pain and coexisting disorders including addiction. One of the three primary treatment components is Appropriate Medication Management; the other two are nonpharmacological (without pills) and treating the psychological emotional components of pain.
Last year I published three brief booklets I called the APM™ Modules and In APM™ Module Three: Understanding & Developing Effective Pain Management, readers can briefly review the core components of the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System and then list their current pain management plan. Next they get to look at the phenomenon of pain flare ups and how to develop an action plan for more effective nonpharmacological (non-medication) pain management. At the end of this module they have an opportunity to expand their new pain management activities and develop a final plan to improve their ability to manage their chronic pain.
If you want to learn more about the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System go to our website at www.addiction-free.com and also go to our Publications page and check out APM™ Module Three. You can also check out our Articles page to download my free article Managing Pain without Pills to learn more about nonpharmacological pain management.
