Learn painThe better we understand pain, the better equipped we are to manage it.
Pain is an experience with biological, psychological, and social factors, not just a number on the pain scale. Just treating the pain biomedically with pills, injections, and surgery is not enough, we need to treat the whole person. |
Accept painIt’s often the struggle with chronic pain that’s the worst part of having pain, not the pain itself. The struggle makes it easy to become distressed and feel like a victim.
To minimize the struggle, it’s helpful to come to terms with the pain as our “new normal” – accepting the pain as a permanent part of life with no immediate cure. |
Manage painIt’s easy to become pre-occupied with chronic pain. To feel distressed, to give up, and become a victim just based on how much attention we give it.
The good news is we can train our brains to change the way we think, feel, and behave around chronic pain to not be so afraid of it. And there are coping tools we can use to manage it. |
Learn more: Download your free copy of this guidebook
Download your free copy of this easy-to-read 60 page guidebook based on my experience as a chronic pain patient, my research, and the biopsychosocial treatment I use to manage pain based on what I learned at the Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center.
It provides a simple, yet, understandable explanation of pain, diffuses the fears of chronic pain, and provides tools to help self-manage the pain. |