In 2019, CMS issued this informational bulletin to state Medicaid directors describing strategies state Medicaid programs could adopt to provide non-opioid and non-medication based treatments for chronic pain. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Pain Management
Alternative treatments for pain
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Back to Health: A Study Comparing Yoga, Physical Therapy & Education for Chronic Low Back Pain – Yoga Teacher Training Manual
In 2017, researchers at Boston Medical Center published a study where they compared the effectiveness of physical therapy to a manualized yoga program for the treatment of chronic low back pain. This document is the Yoga Teacher Training Manual used in the study. Continue reading
Yoga, Physical Therapy, or Education for Chronic Low Back Pain – A Randomized Noninferiority Trial
This 2017 study at Boston Medical Center enrolled 320 patients with chronic low back pain and offered them either a manualized yoga program, physical therapy, or patient education on pain management. Continue reading
Back to Health: A Study Comparing Yoga, Physical Therapy & Education for Chronic Low Back Pain – Participant Guidebook
In 2017, researchers at Boston Medical Center published a study comparing the effectiveness of physical therapy to a manualized yoga program for the treatment of chronic low back pain. This document is the participant guidebook to the yoga program. Continue reading
The ALTO Program: Presentation Slides
The ALTO or Alternative to Opiates initiative is a an emergency department (ED) based program intended to utilize non-opioid approaches as a first-line therapy for certain pain conditions commonly treated in the ED. These slides briefly describe the ALTO protocols and the results of a pilot study of the program. Continue reading