What is a Pain Specialist Coach?

As research into pain science continues to develop, it has become increasingly clear that chronic pain requires more than just one method to treat. In order to create a truly comprehensive treatment plan, it is critical to include interventions from education, nutrition, therapeutic exercise, and more. However, you may have found that even as a […]

The Physical Therapist’s Role in Behavioral and Mental Health: A Turning Point For the Profession and Opportunity to Promote Mental Wellbeing

Each May is Mental Health Month, a time to raise awareness and take action to improve individuals and societies’ mental health and wellbeing. In 2020, the American Physical Therapy Association House of Delegates passed position #P06-20-40-10: “It is within the professional scope of physical therapist practice to screen for and address behavioral and mental health […]

Health Coaching and Tech Advances for Treating Back Pain

Health Coaching: A New Link between Mobile Health Tech and Chronic Pain Treatment? Over 500 million people worldwide suffer from lower back pain, making it the most prevalent cause of disability globally.1 Chronic lower back pain can severely inhibit daily activities including work and exercise, and is often recurring over long periods of time. As […]

Health Coaching and Fibromyalgia

Health Coaching: A Novel Approach to Fibromyalgia Treatment Fibromyalgia is a pervasive medical condition estimated to affect up to 6% of the world’s population. As part of a larger class of disorders known as “central sensitivity syndromes” or “medically unexplained syndromes,” fibromyalgia is difficult to diagnose and treat within a reasonable timeframe. It remains undiagnosed […]

Effectiveness of Health Coaching for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain

The Effectiveness of Health Coaching Interventions on Reduction of Pain due to Knee Osteoarthritis The global rate of chronic pain conditions is currently above 10%, and it continues to rise. One of the most prevalent conditions is osteoarthritis, which is estimated to impact at least 24% of the world’s population. It is considered a condition […]

Health Coaching and Chronic Pain

Health and Wellness Coaching: A Novel Treatment for Chronic Pain? Chronic pain is a complex condition that affects biological, social, and psychological aspects of life which warrants a treatment that is similarly multifaceted. An estimated 30-40% of adults in the United States have chronic pain, which is higher than the number of Americans living with […]