Educational
Chronic Pain: A Multidimensional Disease
The following is a report by Travis Johnston, Community Relations team member who attended a PAINWeek lecture on multimodal therapies. During day two at PAINWeek, I attended a lecture event titled “Coordinating Evidence-Based Care for Chronic Pain: Multimodal Therapies for a Multidimensional Disease.” As medicine has evolved, practitioners’ perception of chronic pain has changed.…
Read MoreTechnology & Medicine
Imagine you walk into a large conference room and are greeted with an iPod touch and headphones. Immediately, you become immersed in the device, which is taking place of human interaction. A couple things might come to mind. What if I have a question, who is going to answer? How does this device work? What’s…
Read MoreNutrition: Eat, Sleep, Drink for a Healthy and Pain Free Tomorrow
What is food? We eat it every day, but did you know that food comes in multiple forms? It can be both edible and non-edible. PMIR caught up with 2012 PAINWeek Presenter and Holistic Health Coach, Rachel Volk, of MetroWest Health in Massachusetts to discuss food and how it relates to chronic pain. Rachel became interested…
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