Summary
Pain, in the U.S., is the most common complaint in healthcare and an enormous public health challenge. One in 3 adults have it. It causes the most disability. It costs us up to $635 billion/year. By far, pain is untreated or undertreated.
Truth is, it takes a team … including you … to properly treat your chronic pain. If you’ve not learned how to manage your pain (and sleep and activity and relationships) better with CBT, then you are likely not getting the best care, the best pain relief, the best overall life function and well-being, or the best prevention of worse pain. At their 2016 Back Pain Day, 9 specialists at the Stanford Pain Management Center describe what their state-of-the-art pain care team looks like and what they do (in videos below) .
While not all of us have access to a Pain Management Center of Excellence, we can learn from these specialists what we need to look for. Hopefully, you’ll be able to find Pain Psychologists near you in the Directory on this site.
OnAir Post: Chronic Back Pain
