This literature review will be looking at an assortment of scholarly articles available online in order to investigate the effects of different kinds of chronic joint pain‚ their causes and different methods of treatment with varying levels of effectiveness and acceptance by the medical community. Chronic joint pain is primarily caused by arthritis‚ the common name for over 200 diseases and conditions that cause swelling and inflammation of joints and surrounding tissues. The most common forms of
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Therapy for Chronic Pain 2. Dahl and Lundgren (2006) Living Beyond Your Pain: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Ease Chronic Pain 3. Vowles & Sorrell (2007) Life with Chronic Pain: An Acceptance-based Approach: Therapist Guide and Patient Workbook Session 1 1. Validation of suffering and consequential loss of life quality (due to pain from injury or chronic pain) A. Understand back story and get to know the client’s current situation B. If they are suffering from chronic pain‚ gain an
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expected pain in reference to her neuropathic pain. The expected pain is considered as a latent cognitive construct distilled from accumulative negative pain experiences collected over the course of illness. The construct is defined “as patient predictions about future pain and consequences of their conditions”‚ (Janzen et al. 2006) and is believed to be responsible for prolonging the experience of chronic pain.(Main et al. 2010) Chronic pain studies have shown that patients who expect pain to get
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Although relatively new in Western medicine‚ acupuncture was developed over 3‚000 years ago in China. Used to treat just about everything from nausea to pain‚ acupuncture has become one of the most popular‚ and most intriguing‚ medical treatments at the moment. If you’re suffering from chronic pain‚ you might be considering trying this ancient‚ and often effective‚ practice‚ but first‚ you may be interested in finding how and why it works. How Acupuncture Works Acupuncture is based on the traditional
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Design Team First published April‚ 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com Musculoskeletal Disorder‚ Edited by Marie Alricsson p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0485-8 Contents Preface VII Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Multidisciplinary
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Low-Back Pain Exercise Prescription Chronic low-back pain is referred to‚ simply as pain in the lower back. It is considered chronic if it has been present for more than three months at a time. Chronic low back pain can come from injury‚ disease or stresses on different body structures. The pain coming from the lower back can range from aching‚ burning‚ tingling‚ sharp or stabbing. Eventually‚ this chronic illness can lead to or be the cause of back stiffness‚ decreased movement of the lower
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Back problems in horses are nothing new to the equine world. In 1876 back injuries were among the most prevalent and least understood of equine suffering (Lupton‚1876). Much of this statement still holds true today‚ however within recent years more research has been conducted to better understand the etiology and pathogenesis of conditions affecting the horses back; due to the fact that recently animal welfare concerns have grown and taken priority‚ and horse owners and professionals alike have
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adults with chronic pain are increasing dramatically. Research has found that 50 percent of the elderly who live on their own and 75-85 percent of the elderly in care facilities suffer from chronic pain (NIH Medline Plus‚ 2011). Nonetheless‚ most elders with chronic pain do not receive adequate treatment. Elder people often believe that pain is inevitable as a natural process of getting old. Society also imposes the belief that unable to endure the pain is a sign of being weak and old; these beliefs
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Pt is a 76 year old female with a history of two CVA’s (most current CVA in the L middle cerebral artery)‚ Atrial fibrillation with mitral valve replacement‚ total knee replacement‚ hip replacement‚ cholecystectomy‚ hysterectomy‚ appendectomy‚ hemorrhoids‚ arthritis‚ gout NURSING DIAGNOSIS: Ineffective Self Health management r/t lack of knowledge of chronic pain management aeb. patient relates consistent pain at a 5-9 on a scale of 0-10 ten being worst‚ statement of having “a lot of pain most of the
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Chronic Pain vs. Acute Pain There are two types of pain: acute and chronic. Acute pain is a pain that comes on quickly‚ it can be severe‚ but it lasts a relatively short time as opposed to chronic pain. All chronic pain patients were once acute pain patients. Each pain presents different psychological profiles because chronic pain often carries an overlay of psychological distress which complicates diagnosis and treatment. Acute pain doesn’t last long and usually goes away as your body heals
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