Pain Rehabilitation

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Symposium

(603213) Listen First, Treat Second: Implementing Psychologically Informed Practice in Pain Rehabilitation

Presenter(s)

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  John Kiesel, PT, DPT, OCS

  Assistant Professor
  Indiana State University
  Terre Haute, Indiana
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  Megan Doyle, MS, OTR/L, TPS, Cert-APHPT, Fellow-in-Training

  Occupational Therapist
  St. Luke's Health System
  Boise, Idaho
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  Michael Brown, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT

  Clinical Assistant Professor
  University at Buffalo
  Buffalo, New York

The goal of this symposium is to enhance provider awareness and ability to care for patients with pain by improving provider understanding of the role that cognitions, expectations, emotions, behavioral factors, social factors, and motivation play in a patient's pain experience. This applies to both acute and persistent pain states. We will discuss methods to identify and address these factors and the current state of the evidence for providing care in a psychologically informed manner that aims to prevent disability for individuals with acute pain and reduce disability in those with chronic pain states.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the concepts of psychologically informed practice in the context of the treatment of acute & chronic pain
• Discuss the impact providers’ words and attitudes have on patient beliefs, expectations, and outcomes
• Recognize and discuss how to identify language and behavior of patients indicative of maladaptive pain cognitions
• Identify validated outcome measures to incorporate for screening of patients to identify pain catastrophizing, pain anxiety and fear-avoidance behaviors.
• Compare and contrast traditional biomedical and biopsychosocial approaches with clinical examples