Chronic Pain Management Updates Part 2: Sleep & Stress

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This is Part 2 of a 4-part series of “Chronic Pain Management Updates”, all written by the “Chronic Pain Chiro” himself, Dr. Demetry Assimakopoulos. This series, based on a collection of editorials recently published in the Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, contain numerous practical tips you can use in your practice!

If you want a deeper dive, check out “All Aboard the Pain Train: A Chiropractor’s Guide to Chronic Pain” – this 10-hour, on-demand E-Seminar is one of my best sellers, in which Dr. Assimakopoulos will walk you through a contemporary clinical approach to identifying important phenotypes of chronic pain in your practice, to help you make effective management decisions with your patients. To get this program, click HERE.

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On to this week’s review…

Approximately 50% of chronic pain sufferers describe having severe sleep disturbances. Importantly, poor sleep has been shown to increase the risk of developing and perpetuating chronic pain in a bi-directional manner. Like sleep, high stress (or stress intolerance) can also impart negative effects on the experience of persistent pain. 

Treatments to improve sleep and stress tolerance are often neglected in chronic pain treatment programs, despite being a high priority for many people with chronic pain. This review discusses two articles which aim to shed light on how clinicians can develop vital skills in these treatment areas for their patients with chronic pain. 

RESEARCH REVIEW: Chronic Pain Management Updates Part 2: Sleep & Stress

These 2 papers covered in this review were published in the Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy (2023).

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