Kate A. Schopmeyer, PT, DPT, CPE

Kate A. Schopmeyer

PT, DPT, CPE

Physical Therapy Program Coordinator, Pain Management 
San Francisco VA Healthcare System 
San Francisco, CA

Disclosures:
Nothing to disclose

  • | pain terminology

    Words Can Hurt, or Help

    Clinicians have a responsibility to educate and reassure patients who live with pain so they can overcome barriers, such as fear of movement, and re-engage in healthy behaviors. Despite the progressive embrace of a biopsychosocial framework in pain care, most patients conceptualize their persisting

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  • | multidisciplinary pain management

    What’s the Diff?

    To quote a contemporary leader in pain care, “Treating pain is a team sport.” Although our healthcare system is still disjointed, causing many clinicians to operate in what may feel like a lonely silo, we can support each other and bolster our patients’ confidence in their prognosis by communicating

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  • | chronic pain

    Therapeutic Neuroscience Education: The Value of Patient Understanding

    Therapeutic neuroscience education is helping patients to understand chronic pain from a neurophysiology perspective.It teaches patients very basic things about the physiology of our...

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