There have been many studies of people treated with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions (which involves decreased black-white thinking, awareness of their fear, etc.) to decrease their chronic pain. People who undergo this type of...
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By Mel Pohl, MD, FASM A holistic approach to the healing process. Unlike other injuries, chronic pain is unrelenting, lasts longer than six months, and is characterized by decreased function. The desire to avoid feeling more pain or aggravating...
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Chronic Pain: It Is All in Your Head, AND it’s Real: The Reality of Emotions and How They Affect Our Experience of Pain In a previous post I shared five of the most surprising lessons I’ve learned about chronic pain from treating patients over...
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A review of what I’ve learned about chronic pain from my best teachers—my patients. Published on July 30, 2012 by Mel Pohl, M.D., FASAM in A Day Without Pain Throughout my career as a physician, I had always believed that pain was based in...
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