Pain Management



Nonpharmacologic therapies should be considered first-line options for chronic pain.

These may be used alone or combination with each other, medication treatments, surgeries or other procedures.


Their benefits in addition to pain control include:


The CDC recommends the following nonpharmacologic therapies as doing less risk to patients than opioids while, in some instances, results in better outcomes, include:


Among key findings from a CDC literature review were that exercise therapy


Interventions for Chronic Pain: 

Study Outcomes and Recommendations 

Acupuncture

Peripheral Neuropathy and Musculoskeletal pain

Manual or manipulative  therapy

Lower extremity Osteoarthritis

Massage therapy

All pain populations

Pain-coping skills training

Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Yoga

Fibromyalgia

Osteoarthritis


Tai Chi

Osteoarthritis


Weimer, M. B., MCR, FASAM. (2019). Nonpharmacologic, Nonopioid, and Opioid Treatment Options in Chronic Pain Therapy. 2019 New Jersey Medical Licensure Program,2-21.