Peter Abaci, MD, is one of the world’s leading experts on pain and integrative medicine. He is the medical director and co-founder of the renowned Bay Area Pain and Wellness Center and the author of Conquer Your Chronic Pain: A Life-Changing Drug-Free Approach for Relief, Recovery, and Restoration and Take Charge of Your Chronic Pain: The Latest Research, Cutting-Edge Tools, and Alternative Treatments for Feeling Better.
Pain can be a huge barrier to living a happy and fulfilling life. A pain expert gives tips for putting together a management plan that can help you thrive again.
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Many experts believe the arts have the power to promote healing and a better sense of well-being, and when used in this context, it is often referred to as the healing arts.
If you are interested in using telehealth to improve your pain management, here are some tips that may help.
If you are finding that being sequestered at home due to COVID-19 seems to be making your pain management all the more difficult, here is some food for thought to help you work through this time period.
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Have a pain problem and wondering if yoga can help? I understand – not just as a doctor, but also as a patient. I took up yoga when I ...
As my patients can tell you, I’m a big fan of positive thinking. But there are times when an overly optimistic attitude or misguided belief ...
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