The Psychological Science of Pain Relief and Opioid Reduction

In this session the science of the intersection between psychological factors, pain, and relief will be reviewed. Nocebo and pain catastrophizing will be highlighted as therapeutic targets for pain control, opioid analgesia, and enhanced treatment response. Attendees will learn about cutting edge...

Oral vs Intravenous Acetaminophen for Pain Relief—Does it Matter?

One consequence of the public health crisis of opioid abuse has been an increased interest in the practice of multimodal analgesia for postsurgical pain management. Jacques YaDeau, MD, an anesthesiologist at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York, remarked, “How to optimize multimodal...

Blocking the Negative Emotions of Pain

Working with rodent models, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis have demonstrated that receptors in the brain that trigger emotional responses to pain including lethargy and depression can be blocked. The discovery may be a step toward the realization of less addictive...

Painful and Debilitating Ligament Injury Heals in Half the Time

45 years ago, Tommy John, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, had his baseball career salvaged by a new surgical procedure to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) that provides critical stability for the elbow. Eventually acquiring the name Tommy John surgery, the technique involves...