This resource serves as a patient education guide on understanding the science of pain and steps patients can take to reduce their body’s pain response. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Pain Management
Alternative treatments for pain
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Rethinking Pain: Understanding Your Pain Story
A guide to assist providers in speaking to their patients about chronic pain and developing a pain management strategy in partnership with the patient. Continue reading
Provider and Patient Perspectives on Opioids and Alternative Treatments for Managing Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Study
This 2016 study asked patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain, primary care providers, and providers of acupuncture and chiropractic services about their experiences treating chronic pain, and their views of acupuncture and chiropractic care for treating pain. Continue reading
Oregon Pain Management Commission: Report to the Legislature
This 2017 report to the Oregon legislature reviews curricula used to teach health care providers about pain and pain management in Oregon and reviews the state efforts to address the opioid crisis and improve the treatment of pain in Oregon. Continue reading
Connecting With Your Patient About Pain
This report provides guidance to health care providers on how to talk to patients about pain. Continue reading
Tips for Decreasing Your Medication
This patient education guide offers advice to patients considering tapering their opioid pain medication. Continue reading
Tips for Getting Back to Physical Activity
This resource is a patient education guide for how to return to physical activity after injury or chronic pain with guidance about how physical activity can help patients manage their pain. Continue reading
Alternative Pain Management Therapies – Minnesota Medicaid Benefit Coverage
This 2019 patient/provider decision tool lists alternative pain management therapies that may be considered as an alternative to opioids and whether or not listed treatments are covered by Minnesota Medicaid health plans. Continue reading
Practical Application of Yoga-based Techniques in the Treatment of Chronic Pain – Presentation Slides
These presentation slides provide an overview of the elements of yoga and briefly review studies of the effectiveness of yoga to treat chronic pain. A thorough summary of yoga principles including a discussion of meditation/mindfulness practices. Continue reading
Chronic Pain Management Therapies in Medicaid: Policy Considerations for Non-Pharmacological Alternatives to Opioids
This 2016 publication reviews Medicaid policies to encourage or require non-opioid treatments for acute or chronic non-cancer pain. Continue reading