Pain Management Therapy
The psychological components of pain management include: decreased perception of pain, reduced paint intensity, increased pain tolerance, increased adaptive pain behavior, and decreased maladaptive pain behavior.
Methods that promote these changes include: increasing gratitude, exercise, companionship, heat/cold application, meditation, expressive therapies, distraction, biofeedback, breathing exercises, guided imagery, self-hypnosis, and relaxation.
Psychological methods differ from pain medication in important ways. While they take more time to master, they are free of unwanted physical side effects, addiction risk, and further impairment of functioning.
Methods that promote these changes include: increasing gratitude, exercise, companionship, heat/cold application, meditation, expressive therapies, distraction, biofeedback, breathing exercises, guided imagery, self-hypnosis, and relaxation.
Psychological methods differ from pain medication in important ways. While they take more time to master, they are free of unwanted physical side effects, addiction risk, and further impairment of functioning.
