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6 Coping Mechanisms to Help Manage Your Chronic Pain.pptx

Have you been suffering from chronic pain for a while now? Living with debilitating and life altering pain can be a lonely and excruciating journey. Even if most medications and treatments have failed to give you the relief you need, it does not mean that there is no way out. Do not suffer alone and in silence. Reach out to the pain management specialists at Advanced Pain Care. Visit official website: http://www.austinpaindoctor.com/pain-treatment

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6 Coping Mechanisms to Help Manage Your Chronic Pain.pptx

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  1. https://austinpaindoctor.com

  2. 5 Coping Mechanisms to Help Manage Your Chronic Pain It’s imperative to prioritize your mental health just as much as we do your physical health. We hope that the following five coping mechanisms for chronic pain will help you manage your pain more effectively, improve the impact of your physical treatments, and ultimately help you find a complete state of wellbeing.

  3. 1. RECOGNIZE YOUR TRIGGERS If you are prone to anxiety or are easily stressed, these emotions can increase unwanted flare-ups. However, by raising awareness and learning how to control these emotional triggers, you can effectively reduce pain levels. On the other hand, your pain may be triggered by mechanical stress and physical limitations. Setting your physical limitations and boundaries ensures that you don’t trigger more severe pain, and is especially crucial for the people who tend to push their body to its limitations.

  4. 2. FIND WAYS YOU LOVE TO RELAX Chronic stress is a secret killer for everybody. However, chronic pain patients are more at risk, which means they must consistently utilize stress management techniques. Meditation and deep breathing both practices are scientifically shown to naturally trigger the body’s relaxation mechanisms and turn-off the stress response. This allows your body to return to a calm state and prevents further damage from the physical and mental effects of stress.

  5. 3. FILL YOUR TIME If you can fill your day with a mild routine, then Advanced Pain Care recommend that you do so. Activity reduces the likelihood that you’ll gradually do less and less while reducing painful stiffness and boredom. Plus, activity is a good distractor and can help take your mind off the pain and directly lower your pain score. It also helps you in recovering soon and will give you a positive approach towards life.

  6. 4. PRACTICE ACCEPTANCE As a victim of chronic pain, you are not like everyone else, and you have to treat your life as such. You have to accept and adapt to your triggers so that you can cope and function. Pain acceptance reduces cognitive dissonance and psychological stress, which improve physical function and mental wellbeing in many cases. With acceptance comes the realization that it’s vital to invest more time into giving yourself the self-care, love, and respect you deserve.

  7. 5. SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP- YOU’RE NOT ALONE Up to 90% of patients that have chronic pain fit into the diagnoses of clinical depression and anxiety, yet go untreated. From experience, we know that cognitive therapy is an effective and underleveraged pain management technique that can reduce the suffering. Advanced Pain Care pride ourselves on being a multi-modal clinic that provides you with not only pain management specialists but also licensed psychologists to help you treat the mental and emotional side effects of pain.

  8. More Information: Contact Us: Website: https://austinpaindoctor.com/ Phone: 512-244-4272

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