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Can you direct me to CBT resources for people with pain?
I am a physical therapist who commonly works with patients with pain, some of which is out of proportion to the condition or persistent after healing.
asked Oct 25, 2009 at 06:31AM in Other
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0VotesHi Arthur,
Jon Kabat-Zinn developed a program many years ago, called Mindfulness Meditation. It can be helpful to people with chronic pain in that it can alleviate stress levels and increase body awareness. It's often offered at hospitals and HMOs.
http://www.umassmed.edu/Content.aspx?id=43102
As someone who has suffered chronic pain, though, I would suggest that there are remedies outside of PT and CBT that should be considered. Perhaps you could make contact with a good integrative physician in your area who knows how to assess to for vitamin/mineral deficiencies (magnesium deficiency is commonly associated with chronic pain, for example), and neuro-endocrine imbalance.
Gina -
0VotesI write a blog http://healthskills.wordpress.com in which I discuss research papers and other resources for psychosocial management of chronic pain. There are several links on the blog that lead to CBT worksheets. Mindfulness and acceptance-based therapies fall within the CBT group of therapies, and it's worth remembering that the most successful outcomes for chronic pain management have been achieved through CBT approaches rather than biomedical treatments.
If you want to include thoughts, beliefs and emotions in your management of pain, any pain, consider looking at BodyinMind (http://bodyinmind.com.au/), or on Facebook, Neuroscience-and-Pain-Science-for-Manual-Physical-Therapists, for loads of resources. Both of these (& my blog) are evidence-based, scientific and practical. -
0Votesanswered Apr 07, 2010 at 03:52AMGood of you to answer, Bronnie. As you can see my question is several months old. I have been following your site for about 6 weeks and received much helpful info. I've been exploring your links and the CBT worksheets are great. You are doing a helpful service for those of us working to understand chronic pain. Thank you and keep up the good work.
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Hi Arthur, thanks so much! I've just joined this community, so I'm exploring what's about and the topics I can help with. I'm glad you found my blog and think it's helpful! cheers
BronnieBronnie F Thompson Ms commented Apr 07, 2010 at 11:45AM
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Thanks for your answer. Can you share with me any evidence for the remedies you have suggested?