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 […]
Musculoskeletal Pain and Work Coaching
Musculoskeletal pain, including shoulder, back, and neck pain, is one of the primary causes of sickness absence globally.1 While some causes of musculoskeletal pain are easily identified, the vast majority of cases have no clear origin. This creates challenges for treatment, although research suggests that both physical and psychological stressors are important factors in the […]
2020: A Year of Pain, Suffering and Change
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year from all of us at the Integrative Pain Science Institute. The year 2020 will go down in history as a time of massive social change. For some, these changes presented opportunities (eg, increased time with family, flexible working, and reduced demand for travel). For others, however, these social changes represented […]
Mindfulness-Based Interventions as a Solution for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions
As of 2016, the prevalence of chronic pain conditions in the United States was as high as 20.4% of adults, with 8% suffering from high-impact chronic pain.1 The most popular form of treatment for patients with chronic pain is medication, which has contributed to a growing opioid addiction crisis worldwide.2 Prescription medication has long been […]
Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: New Hope to Overcome Chronic Pain
People living with pain experience many types of thoughts, feelings, memories and physical sensations. They may influence a person to avoid, eliminate, struggle or make attempts to change them. People with pain reduce their activity, engage in excessive thoughts about pain, and ruminate about the cause of pain. The ever-expanding behaviors that develop in an […]
Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief: A New Way to Reduce Pain Intensity?
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have gained increasing popularity over the past several decades for the treatment of many chronic pain conditions. MBIs focus on the nonjudgmental awareness of thoughts, emotions, and feelings without trying to control or change them. While pain reduction is not one of the primary goals of mindfulness practice, a growing body of […]
