A guide to assist providers in speaking to their patients about chronic pain and developing a pain management strategy in partnership with the patient.
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Provider and Patient Perspectives on Opioids and Alternative Treatments for Managing Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Study
Source: Lauren S. Penney, et. al.
This 2016 study asked patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain, primary care providers, and providers of acupuncture and chiropractic services about their experiences treating chronic pain, and their views of acupuncture and chiropractic care for treating pain.
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Connecting With Your Patient About Pain
Source: Oregon Pain Management Commission
This report provides guidance to health care providers on how to talk to patients about pain.
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Tips for Decreasing Your Medication
Source: Oregon Health Authority
This patient education guide offers advice to patients considering tapering their opioid pain medication.
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Tips for Getting Back to Physical Activity
Source: Oregon Health Authority
This resource is a patient education guide for how to return to physical activity after injury or chronic pain with guidance about how physical activity can help patients manage their pain.
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Alternative Pain Management Therapies – Minnesota Medicaid Benefit Coverage
Source: Minnesota Department of Human Services
This 2019 patient/provider decision tool lists alternative pain management therapies that may be considered as an alternative to opioids and whether or not listed treatments are covered by Minnesota Medicaid health plans.
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Practical Application of Yoga-based Techniques in the Treatment of Chronic Pain – Presentation Slides
Source: Pauline H. Lucas - Mayo Clinic Arizona
These presentation slides provide an overview of the elements of yoga and briefly review studies of the effectiveness of yoga to treat chronic pain. A thorough summary of yoga principles including a discussion of meditation/mindfulness practices.
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CMCS Informational Bulletin: Medicaid Strategies for Non-Opioid Pharmacologic and Non-Pharmacologic Chronic Pain Management
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
In 2019, CMS issued this informational bulletin to state Medicaid directors describing strategies state Medicaid programs could adopt to provide non-opioid and non-medication based treatments for chronic pain.
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Back to Health: A Study Comparing Yoga, Physical Therapy & Education for Chronic Low Back Pain – Yoga Teacher Training Manual
Evidence Ranking: Promising
Source: Boston Medical Center Program for Integrative Medicine & Health Care Disparities
In 2017, researchers at Boston Medical Center published a study where they compared the effectiveness of physical therapy to a manualized yoga program for the treatment of chronic low back pain. This document is the Yoga Teacher Training Manual used in the study.
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Yoga, Physical Therapy, or Education for Chronic Low Back Pain – A Randomized Noninferiority Trial
Evidence Ranking: Promising
Source: Robert Saper, MD, MPH et al.
This 2017 study at Boston Medical Center enrolled 320 patients with chronic low back pain and offered them either a manualized yoga program, physical therapy, or patient education on pain management.