Pain Management, Opioid Crisis, Physical Therapy, etc.
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Pain Management, Opioid Crisis, Physical Therapy, etc.
Pain Management without Rx
Dr. Oz: How to Treat Chronic Pain Without Drugs
Breakthrough in the Relief of Chronic Pain Without Drugs!
We’re Experiencing a Crisis in Pain Management. Can We Treat It Without Drugs?
How You Can Manage Your Pain Without Medications With OMT, Acupuncture and an Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Understanding your alternatives
How Can You Relieve Chronic Pain — Without Drugs?
Cognitive behavioral therapy helps guide thoughts, actions
Drug-Free Remedies for Chronic Pain
Escape from pain — without drugs
8 Proven Ways to Manage Chronic Pain Without Medication
How to Treat Your Pain Without Drugs
8 Surprising (And Natural) Ways To Beat Pain
When it comes to your chronic aches and pains, the new gold standards aren’t what you think
Management of Pain without Medications
Is it possible to manage pain well without opioids?
Pain Relief Without Drugs or Surgery Harvard Medical School $20
11 Tips for Living With Chronic Pain
Guide to Posture in the Workplace
Repetitive Motion Injury Prevention
Poster: Keep Motion Injuries at Bay
Mind over Matter
Stress – Seeing a Psychiatrists, Shrink or Therapist
The Ten Biggest Mistakes Psychiatrists Make
6. Don’t refer to therapy.
Psychopharmacology without therapy is treating an infection with Tylenol.
Medications do not cure a psychiatric disease; we’re not even sure what the disease actually is. What they can do is reduce symptoms, give you strength—so that you can learn new behaviors. That’s the point of medications. Treating depression with an antidepressant is not the solution; it’s the preliminary step in allowing you to figure out how to handle depression later on. The adaptation, the adjustment, the physical altering of brain functioning is done by new learning, often this is therapy (though it doesn’t have to be.) I’m not saying therapy is that great, or necessary, either. I’m simply saying that trying to improve a person’s long term status using medications alone without some sort of education and training is a waste of time. It is maybe the most profound disservice of all to tell a patient that their depressive or bipolar symptoms are the result of biology or chemical imbalances and thus absolve them of the responsibility of learning new ways of interpreting and coping with their environment.
8. Polypharmacy
Polypharmacy isn’t just common– it’s the codified standard. When two psychiatrists discuss a patient, inevitably one of them will say these four words: “You should consider adding…” The Last Psychiatrist.com *
10 Ways Depression and Anxiety Can Cause Physical Pain
Can Mental Illness Cause Physical Pain?
There are indeed mental illnesses that can cause people to experience pain, numbness and a variety of other “physical” symptoms. They are known as Somatoform Disorders.
Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders Web MD
New Test Distinguishes Physical From Emotional Pain in Brain for First Time
13 Ways That Emotional Pain Is Worse Than Physical Pain
Is There Such a Thing as Psychological Pain? and Why It Matters National Institute of Health
The Link Between Depression and Physical Symptoms
How Emotional Pain Affects Your Body
Emotional and Physical Pain Activate Similar Brain Regions
Where does emotion hurt in the body?
5 Ways Emotional Pain Is Worse Than Physical Pain
Why emotional pain causes longer lasting damage to our lives
8 Physical Symptoms That Prove Depression Is Not Just ‘In Your Head’
We don’t often pair depression with physical pain but research shows this mental illness can really hurt.
Rx – Prescriptions for Pain
Lumbar Epidural Injections
Therapeutic and Diagnostics Benefits for Low Back Pain
Radiculopathy John Hopkins
Visit our webpage on the clinical guidelines for Rx Medication
Rx Drug Abuse
Prescription drug abuse Mayo Clinic
The Opioid Crisis in America and How Employers Can Help
Your Musculoskeletal Health Kit
Tools for creating a fun, effective program for bone and muscle health
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