Complex Chronic Pain Conditions Need a Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Management Approach
People living with complex chronic pain conditions—chronic pain with other coexisting psychological problems including addiction—need strategic, targeted, and proactive interventions, but may of these people do not get the type of treatment interventions they really need. For example, some addiction treatment programs and pain clinics have a tendency to put people in a passive role which has proven to be counterproductive. In addition to assigning people living with chronic pain to a passive role, some chronic pain programs fall short as they lack a multidimensional approach.
There are many other pain management experts though, that believe as I do that people living with chronic pain require an active, multidimensional, approach to treatment. For example, the treatment plan might include exercises, chiropractic treatment, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and massage therapy in addition to medication approaches. This combination is becoming known as multidisciplinary integrated pain management.
The Addiction-Free Pain Management® System is based upon the concept that people living with chronic pain require an active, multidimensional approach to obtain favorable treatment outcomes. This three part approach includes: (1) A medication management plan; (2) A cognitive-behavioral treatment plan; and (3) A nonpharmacological pain management plan.
To learn more about effective chronic pain management check out my article The Need for Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Management that you can download for free on our Ariticles page.
You can learn more about the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System at our website www.addiction-free.com. If you live with a complex chronic pain condition and want to learn how to develop a plan for managing your pain and medication effectively go to our Publications page and check out my book the Addiction-Free Pain Management® Recovery Guide: Managing Pain and Medication in Recovery. To purchase this book please Click Here.
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