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Dr. Eleni Romano, a clinical psychologist and health behavior coordinator at the Denver VA, discusses the need for a variety of pain management strategies, and whether or not pain rating systems are useful.
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There are many changes in the body composition of the older adult that can lead to altered effects of drug therapies. Symptom management in the older adult can be complicated as many of the drugs which we use are amongst those recommended to be avoided in this population. Dr. Uritsky discusses the...
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An examination of healthcare provider views on the use of medical marijuana for children with cancer found that 92% were willing to facilitate access in jurisdictions where the treatment is legal. However, providers who were legally able to certify for marijuana use were less likely to do so for...
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Findings from a new study conducted by researchers from New York-Presbyterian and Columbia University Irving Medical Center point to a medication-sparing approach to treating a commonly encountered painful side effect of breast cancer treatment. The large, multicenter study reports that acupuncture...
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Pain is really a mind-body experience. So it's unrealistic to think that the mind and the body are somehow separate, or that we can deal with a mind process with only pharmacology. So with that underpinning, we need to figure out how to impact a person's experience with pain. That's really what this...
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Edge work is an approach to moving, experimenting with positional sensations such that self-efficacy and recovery expectations are facilitated. Applying pain science and theory to movement related clinical presentations, this type of therapy gives patients an understanding of what they are able to...
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Extensive research from multiple disciplines has shown that music is a potent means of connecting the body, mind, and spirit. It can be used to foster resilience as well as modulate autonomic nervous system function and vagal response. Andrew Rossetti, a music psychotherapist and coordinator for the...
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Extensive research from multiple disciplines has shown that music is a potent means of connecting the body, mind, and spirit. It can be used to foster resilience as well as modulate autonomic nervous system function and vagal response. Andrew Rossetti, a music psychotherapist and coordinator for the...
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Emergency departments are paying so much attention to pain management now. When you look at about two years ago, if you picked up one of our three major emergency medicine journals, maybe every few months there was a pain article. And now there's several articles in each issue. Part of it has to do...
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Manhattan Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation reports “strongly positive results” from new research into the effectiveness of 2 isometric exercise positions for decreasing degenerative and adolescent scoliosis curvature. Curvature reduction was sufficiently complete to obviate the need for bracing or...