Opioids Don’t Always Make Chronic Pain Better (and They May Make It Worse)
Questioning the common practice of prescribing opioids for the long-term treatment of chronic painread more
View Article5 Surprising Lessons I’ve Learned about Chronic Pain
Throughout my career as a physician, I had always believed that pain was based in anatomical structural abnormalities or disease processes that damage the nervous system—a broken ankle, a surgical...
View ArticleChronic Pain: It Is All in Your Head, AND it’s Real
In a previous post I shared five of the most surprising lessons I’ve learned about chronic pain from treating patients. I now want to expand on the first two: that all pain is real, and that emotions...
View ArticleThe DSM-5 and Addictive Disorders
Dr. Pohl shares his thoughts on the recent publication of the updated Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-V) and Substance-related disorders and addiction.read more
View ArticleTreating Chronic Pain to Improve Function
Dr. Pohl addresses the attendant emotional issues that occur with chronic pain and explains how they are just as important as the physical healing process itself.read more
View ArticleExpectations Influence Outcome
Mind over matter, mind and body connection, and the power of the mind are all related to very real confirmed scientific experiments, which show that the neurochemistry of the brain is influenced by...
View ArticleEmotional Balance for Healthy Aging – 1st in a new series
While emotions can affect people of all ages, older adults are particularly susceptible as their bodies begin to exhibit the signs of normal wear and tear after decades of use. And because seniors are...
View ArticleOpioids Don’t Always Make Chronic Pain Better (and They May Make It Worse)
Questioning the common practice of prescribing opioids for the long-term treatment of chronic pain
View ArticleChronic Pain: It Is All in Your Head, and It’s Real
In a previous post I shared five of the most surprising lessons I’ve learned about chronic pain from treating patients. I now want to expand on the first two: that all pain is real, and that emotions...
View ArticleThe DSM-5 and Addictive Disorders
Dr. Pohl shares his thoughts on the recent publication of the updated Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-V) and Substance-related disorders and addiction.
View ArticleTreating Chronic Pain to Improve Function
Dr. Pohl addresses the attendant emotional issues that occur with chronic pain and explains how they are just as important as the physical healing process itself.
View ArticleExpectations Influence Outcome
Mind over matter, mind and body connection, and the power of the mind are all related to very real confirmed scientific experiments, which show that the neurochemistry of the brain is influenced by...
View ArticleEmotional Balance for Healthy Aging – 1st in a new series
While emotions can affect people of all ages, older adults are particularly susceptible as their bodies begin to exhibit the signs of normal wear and tear after decades of use. And because seniors are...
View ArticleAll Pain Is Real
Finding creative and innovative ways to approach the problem of chronic pain.
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