{"id":67235,"date":"2022-12-15T11:12:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=67235"},"modified":"2023-06-23T09:12:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T15:12:04","slug":"advancements-in-pain-management-go-far-beyond-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/advancements-in-pain-management-go-far-beyond-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancements in pain management go far beyond pills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_67388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67388\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67388 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/12\/15091224\/gettyimages-694289532-woman-stretching-web.webp\" alt=\"advancements in pain management may include doing yoga, like this woman is doing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/12\/15091224\/gettyimages-694289532-woman-stretching-web.webp 800w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/12\/15091224\/gettyimages-694289532-woman-stretching-web-300x194.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/12\/15091224\/gettyimages-694289532-woman-stretching-web-768x497.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/12\/15091224\/gettyimages-694289532-woman-stretching-web-150x97.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/12\/15091224\/gettyimages-694289532-woman-stretching-web-200x130.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advancements in pain management focus on a team approach to chronic pain that involves many specialties and is less focused on medications alone. Source: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While at the doctor\u2019s office, we\u2019ve all seen the pain chart with the smiley face at level 0 that ramps up to a miserable level 10.<\/p>\n<p>But that simple chart is anything but the comprehensive and multi-modal approach that chronic pain experts use nowadays to treat patients.<\/p>\n<p>Advanced pain management treatment is much more comprehensive and catered to relieving long-term chronic pain for patients by being less reliant on medication and, instead, offering a team approach across many medical disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of evolution over the years in how we manage pain,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/provider\/amanda-wallace-md\/\">Dr. Amanda Wallace<\/a>, medical director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-pain-management-clinic-steamboat-springs\/\">UCHealth Pain Management Clinic in Steamboat Spring<\/a>s. \u201cThe focus is on the individual and how to best meet the patient where they are. It\u2019s not one size fits all.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is chronic pain?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>About one in five American adults \u2014 50.2 million people \u2014 live with chronic pain, meaning they experience it every day or most days,<a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/67\/wr\/mm6736a2.htm?s_cid=mm6736a2_e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While pain is a signal from the body to the brain that something is wrong, chronic pain goes far beyond the original injury or occurs along with a chronic health condition, like arthritis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith chronic pain, we can\u2019t turn back the clock,\u201d said Wallace, \u201cbut we can keep it in check and dial down the pain signal. We want to help patients stay active, stay engaged and keep them going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallace said she and her team approach pain management by wanting to know how it is preventing a patient from doing what they want to do, whether it\u2019s playing with a grandchild, riding a bike, or even cleaning the house. If left unchecked, experiencing chronic pain can become a vicious cycle, potentially affecting a person\u2019s moods, ruining relationships and wreaking havoc on work and home life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPain touches everyone,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cThe difference is the degree and severity of the pain that each of us may experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Multi<\/strong><strong>modal approach to controlling pain<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Opioid abuse and addiction are at epidemic levels in the United States, with about three million Americans having had or currently suffering from opioid use disorder, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK448203\/\">according to the National Library of Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While opioids and other drugs have a role in managing pain, Wallace said medication should be better managed, prescribed less frequently and be just one component of a holistic approach that uses research and evidence-based findings to produce better patient outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, a team of providers may offer a treatment plan that includes physical therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic and massage care, yoga and injection therapies, while using narcotics only sparingly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a more catered, coordinated and individualized way to treat a patient,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Advancements in pain management focus on a better life<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Wallace urges patients not to give up in their quest for relief and to talk with their provider about how advancements in pain management can help them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChronic pain might be a part of your life, but we are going to reduce its impact on you, hopefully making it background noise,\u201d she said. \u201cIt might be a new normal for you, but one where you\u2019re still active and perhaps doing different activities that better fit where you are now. Our goal is to get you back out there enjoying your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>This story first appeared in the Steamboat Pilot.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While at the doctor\u2019s office, we\u2019ve all seen the pain chart with the smiley face at level 0 that ramps up to a miserable level 10. But that simple chart is anything but the comprehensive and multi-modal approach that chronic pain experts use nowadays to treat patients. 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