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Mastering Pain: Effective Strategies for Long-Term Pain Management

Advanced Physicians Team • Oct 16, 2023

There may not be a definitive cure for some chronic pain conditions, be it from injury or illness, but that shouldn’t mean resigning yourself to living through the pain. A combination of proper long-term pain management strategies will restore and improve physical and emotional well-being, translating to improving the overall quality of life.


Pain is indeed complex. Recognizing this fact has informed the pain management experts at Advanced Physicians to adopt a whole-person treatment approach when managing pain in the long term. Such an approach looks at the various contributors to pain and how best to address the multiple aspects of pain and includes the following effective pain-management strategies.


Physical Pain Management Techniques

Physical therapy at Advanced Physicians for pain management

From physical therapy and hot and cold therapy to massage therapy and chiropractic care, there are several physical methods that are highly effective in providing long-term pain relief.


For example, massage therapy helps to reduce pain-causing inflammation and stiffness in the muscles and joints. This soft-tissue manipulation therapy also helps improve circulation to the affected body parts, which relieves pain. Similarly, physical therapy helps to relieve pain by stretching and strengthening joints and muscles.


Physical pain management techniques are, by nature, very physical and hands-on. While generally safe, having these techniques performed by trained practitioners will give you confidence that you are indeed in the right hands. Advanced Physicians brings together a team of highly trained and experienced practitioners dedicated to ensuring you receive the best possible care.


Mind-Body Treatments

While so much attention goes to trying to heal the body, there is undeniably so much healing power in the mind. Some studies have shown the relationship between psychology, that is thoughts, behaviors, emotions, muscle tension, and other manifestations of pain. The cause-and-effect relationship between psychological stress and pain goes both ways. Pain may leave you feeling sad, angry, and hopeless and may even disrupt your personality. On the other hand, these feelings can aggravate your pain.


Psychological treatments such as cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) help patients to see this relationship. Talk therapy, lifestyle changes, yoga, tai chi, and similar mind-body techniques equip patients with better skills for coping with the pain.


Relaxation techniques, for example, help to ease muscle pains and muscle spasms. By helping to calm the patient's thoughts and minds, relaxation techniques can also help in triggering the release of endorphins. This hormonal reaction helps to relieve pain and will greatly improve your sense of well-being.



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Biomedical Interventions

Pain relief injection

Drug therapy may be effective in relieving pain. Different classes and types of drugs work differently to provide pain relief. As implied in the name, non-steroid inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) relieve pain by reducing inflammation. Safe and effective drug therapy requires the guidance and supervision of a qualified physician. Some medications may be more suited to other people but not to you. Additionally, you have to be extra careful about drug interactions.


Drug therapy may also involve more invasive medical procedures. For example, Advanced Physicians perform Epidural Steroid Injections for some types of pain, such as neck pain. This drug delivery system is done under fluoroscopy to ensure the medication gets to the right area, with the benefits of optimizing your treatment and avoiding potential complications.


Final Thoughts

You can master the pain and manage it long-term. Achieving this result may require not just one but also a combination of the various techniques outlined. How long it may take to see results varies from one person to the next, in the same way that some techniques may work better for some than others. To realize what works best for you, you may need to switch things up, assess the response, and adjust your pain-management plan. Contact us today for a whole-person and customized long-term plan to manage your pain.

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