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| Treatment of Pain? |
| Aims of Treatment |
| These vary depending on the type of patient, type of pain and other related factors: |
- Pain relief – a reduction of 50%
- Increased function
- Better sleep
- Better mood
- A return to normality
- An opportunity to achieve a ‘pain free window’ to allow for a change in habits: these changes can then facilitate better lifestyle choices, which reduce the chances of a recurrence of the syndrome causing the pain.
- An understanding of why the pain is there and what is causing it
- An opportunity to talk about the pain and develop strategies to deal with it
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| Pain can be treated in five ways: (click each one for more information) |
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