What Is Pain Management/Treatments For Pain?:

What Is Pain Management/Treatments For Pain?: The Guy’s and St Thomas’ Physiotherapy Department: Pain Management Programme: www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/biohealth/download...agementProgramme.pdf

Introduction: www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/biohealth/download...agementProgramme.pdf

The Pain Management Programme consists of a combination of modern concepts of chronic pain (hurt does not equate to harm); the use of positive coping strategies; group general strengthening, stretching and light aerobic exercises progressed according to pacing principles; and the encouragement of a graded return to usual activities with goal-setting.

A cognitive-behavioural approach is used.

Physiotherapist-led general exercise and brief education in small groups has been shown to reduce disability and health-care costs compared with best primary care.

(UK BEAM Trial Team 2004) and is just as clinically effective, results in fewer repeat visits to doctors and is more cost-effective than usual individual physiotherapy (Critchley et al 2007).

What Is Pain Management/Treatments For Pain?: The Guy’s and St Thomas’ Physiotherapy Department: Pain Management Programme: www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/biohealth/download...agementProgramme.pdf