Asclepius Pain Management

Asclepius Pain Management is dedicated to helping people end the suffering associated with chronic pain, improve their physical and emotional function and diminish the unpleasant sensory experience of pain. Chronic Pain is a disease that cannot be cured by physicians practicing traditional "Biomedical Model" medicine. Pain is an unpleasant sensory... and emotional experience that is associated with actual or potential tissue damage or that is described in terms of such damage (International Association for the Study of Pain 1994). Chronic pain may be associated with failure to heal, ongoing pathology, malfunction or disease of the nervous system or a combination of any or all of the above. Medication, surgery, physical therapy and interventional procedures usually fail as stand alone pain therapies. Patients, physicians and payors are frequently frustrated by the seemingly unending repetitious use of these modalities leading nowhere. The staff of Asclepius Pain Management assist patients in becoming active pain practitioners, to recognize and evaluate choices to make necessary behavioral changes to regain a healthy, functional life by: Commitment to participation and thoughtful analysis of their Personal Pain Management Practice Cessation of cognitive impairing medications including opioids Identifying and changing harmful beliefs and behaviors Learning new behaviors and skills and improving existing useful skills Creating effective and sustainable strategies Mastering skills through daily practiceRead More