Chronic pain conditions can affect virtually every aspect of your life, including your mood and your ability to move, sleep, and handle daily home and work tasks. Yet, chronic pain management often relies heavily on medications, some of which can be addictive.
Holistic medicine relies on conservative therapies to reduce your dependence on pain-relief drugs.
Family nurse practitioner Savitri Gopaul and our team at Commonwealth Pain Management and Wellness in Richmond, Virginia, specialize in holistic approaches to controlling chronic and persistent pain. Addressing pain from multiple angles can significantly reduce your dependence on pain medication.
Here’s how we can help you break free from chronic pain.
In holistic medicine, we look at your chronic pain with a scope that goes beyond your pain symptoms and considers the whole person. Holistic pain management combines elements that address the behavioral, emotional, and lifestyle impacts of your condition.
Holistic therapy isn’t a replacement for conventional medicine. It’s a complementary treatment that works alongside evidence-based therapies to manage pain and its effects. Whenever possible, we target the underlying causes of your condition too.
As a general rule, holistic therapies typically provide benefits like:
Common treatment approaches in holistic pain management include:
We may suggest combining some or all of these techniques with conventional therapies including pain-relieving trigger point injections and other intermediate care options that reduce the reliance on prescription pain medication.
The risks of medium and long-term use of opioids for chronic pain are many. You may build physical tolerance to medications, requiring higher dosages to provide the same relief.
Drug dependence and addiction introduce other challenges to overall wellness, and many pain medications can cause ongoing stomach issues as well as severe constipation. Opioids upset hormonal balances, leading to problems like sexual dysfunction, bone loss, and fatigue.
Identifying the cause of your chronic pain is crucial to an effective pain management plan, even when there’s no cure for the underlying cause, as is the case with many types of arthritis.
There’s rarely a single solution for any chronic pain condition, so expect a comprehensive care routine.
Holistic pain management looks beyond masking pain and focuses on restored function and quality of life. Contact us at Commonwealth Pain Management and Wellness to learn more about holistic care.
Call us at 804-977-3721 to book a personalized pain management consultation with our team today.
