Integrative Pain Management

Integrative Pain Management is organized by Helm Publishing, Inc.

Course Expiration Date: May-31-2024

Description:
Pain often accompanies acute and chronic diseases; it can affect quality of life and ability to make good lifestyle and nutrition choices. Health professionals need to be familiar with pain physiology, treatments, motivational interviewing, and collaborative treatments. This is a book in the Dr. Andrew Weil Integrative Medicine Library.

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion, the users will be able to:
• Describe the integrative understanding of pain and compare two ways how it differs from traditional paradigms of care. 
• Explain three ways how being in chronic pain alters a person’s life.
• Identify the physiology of pain and four contributing factors.
• Describe two mechanisms through which psychosocial mediators can improve health.
• Explain physiologically four complications of the inflammatory process.
• List five nutrition interventions being used as therapies in dealing with pain.
• Identify three herbs being used that show promise in controlling or diminishing pain.
• Compare three differences between the following therapies: mindfulness-based, guided imagery, and biofeedback.
• Describe two main therapies used for chronic abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome and identify how they work.
• Identify three integrative therapies used for cancer related pain and three for lower back pain.