19 FEB 2019 · How your patients' choose to handle their chronic pain is up to them, even if it is against medical advice (albeit not when in danger against self or others) or not the best ways from a range of alternatives. Patients will differ in the ways they choose because they are at different stages of change. Instead of simply giving advice, try to understand what works for your patients and why!

7 FEB 2019 · Fact Number 9: Times are Changing Rapidly

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14 JAN 2019 · Fact #8: Your Patients differ in their Motivation to Change- The Action and Maintenance Stages of Change. In this podcast, I address the critical ways to help your patient whn they act on their commitments and when they are looking long-term to sustain reduced levels of pain over time.

17 DEC 2018 · Fact #8: Patients Differ in Their Motivation to Change: The Preparation Stage You can empower your patients by helping them set S.M.A.R.T. goals or ones that are Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Results oriented and Time-bound.

9 DEC 2018 · In this podcast, I review the nature of your patients' ambivalence or uncertainty about changing their ways to reduce their pain. lt is critical to not give advice at this stage! It is much better for you or someone on your patients' pain management team review the costs and benefits of using the same ways to reduce your patients' pain.

3 DEC 2018 · Fact #7: Pain is Multi-dimensional. Of course, there are physical experiences of pain unique to each patient. But what about their pain from life stressors, or anger, sadness, anxety or unhappiness, or negative thinking, or from a lack of fortitude? Fact #8: Each patient differs in their motivation to change. A patient Tin the pre-contemplative stage of change is in denial and believes that their way of dealing with their pain is sufficient. They may be reluctant, resistant, rebellious or replete with rationalizing. What you need to do to help this patient is not to simply give advice, be judgmental or lecture. This will lead to treatment nonadherence.

9 NOV 2018 · Fact 6: Some coping strategies are better than others. Fact 7: Your patients must let go of the way they were before having chronic pain.

6 NOV 2018 · Each patient with chronic pain is different. As well, your patients may always have chronic pain; especially if we're reframing chronic pain as "ongoing, intermittent life challenges." Who then, never experiences chronic pain?

23 OCT 2018 · There are ten facts about chronic pain that you should know about when treating patients with chronic pain. In this podvast, I review the first two: 1. Chronic pain isn't new-the intensity of the pain is , 2. Pain is subjective