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PAINWeek senior faculty member Jennifer Bolen, JD, recounts what she’s seen during this unusual and difficult time of the COVID pandemic.
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Pain medicine has devolved over the past decade. Rather than providing sound, coordinated interdisciplinary care, providers have become progressively siloed, generally falling strictly into either the pharmacological, interventional, surgical, or rehabilitative camps. Why? What can be done to...
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Acupuncture is thousands of years old and a key component in traditional Chinese medicine. Yet some people are still skeptical of its efficacy. A collection of different procedures, acupuncture is thought to stimulate the body’s meridians (ie, channels that carry energy throughout the human system)...
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What’s going on in the healthcare and pain community? Who are the stakeholders involved? Dr. Stephen Ziegler discusses what we should all be focusing on.
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Trigeminal neuralgia differs from other types of facial pain. How? Why? Who does it affect? Dr. Jennifer Robblee, a headache neurologist at Barrow in Phoenix, Arizona, discusses.
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The Chronic Pain Self-Management Program (CPSMP) is an evidence-based program developed by Dr. Sandra LeFort and later modified at the Stanford Patient Education Research Center. Through a 6 week online course, patients suffering with chronic pain learned more about self-management. Doctors Meyer...
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Physical therapist Leah Tobey and physician Johnathan Goree both practice at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. In this clip they stress the importance of having a multidisciplinary team and the advantages of treating pain first. If you tell a patient to exercise but it hurts them...
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Dr. Peter Abaci, the medical director of two comprehensive interdisciplinary clinics in California, believes alternative treatments—such as yoga and art therapy—can have a positive impact on outcomes for those who suffer from chronic pain and/or PTSD.
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Dr. Sandy Christiansen practices at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, where she is an assistant professor. Here, she discusses currently existing issues with treatments for spine pain and spine surgery.
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Dr. Abd-Elsayed, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, talks about the increasing number of surgeries due to aging bodies. Is it inevitable that postsurgical neuralgia will follow?