- July 21, 2010
- 07:17 AM
- 105 views
Accepting what life throws at ya
by Adiemusfree in Healthskills: Skills for Healthy Living
I was looking to write about a new treatment, or something that is innovative, and you know, there isn’t a whole lot new out there in pain management land. If it wasn’t for Lorimer Moseley’s work on motor imagery and Lance McCracken’s work on acceptance, I think we’d be doing pretty much what I was … Read more... Read more »
McCracken, L., & Zhao-O’Brien, J. (2010) General psychological acceptance and chronic pain: There is more to accept than the pain itself. European Journal of Pain, 14(2), 170-175. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.03.004
- February 8, 2010
- 01:32 PM
- 255 views
How do you establish who will do well with pain management?
by Adiemusfree in Healthskills: Skills for Healthy Living
Some people just won’t do well with pain management. In just the same way as a surgeon selects good candidates for surgery, so people need to be selected for self management. Although there is some truth that getting even a little pain management is good for everyone, the cost of doing so in staff energy [...]... Read more »
Foster, N., Thomas, E., Bishop, A., Dunn, K., & Main, C. (2009) Distinctiveness of psychological obstacles to recovery in low back pain patients in primary care. Pain. DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.11.002
McCracken, L., & Zhao-O’Brien, J. (2010) General psychological acceptance and chronic pain: There is more to accept than the pain itself. European Journal of Pain, 14(2), 170-175. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.03.004
- October 11, 2009
- 03:26 PM
- 444 views
Acceptance in chronic pain
by Adiemusfree in Healthskills: Skills for Healthy Living
It’s a truism that no-one really wants to have pain (and if they do, we probably need to ‘talk’!). Accepting pain may be equated with ‘giving up hope’ or ‘giving in’ – perhaps acceptance is thought to be about resignation rather than acknowledgement. In any event, very few of the people I work with seem [...]... Read more »
McCracken, L., & Zhao-O’Brien, J. (2009) General psychological acceptance and chronic pain: There is more to accept than the pain itself. European Journal of Pain. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.03.004
KASHDAN, T., BARRIOS, V., FORSYTH, J., & STEGER, M. (2006) Experiential avoidance as a generalized psychological vulnerability: Comparisons with coping and emotion regulation strategies. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44(9), 1301-1320. DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2005.10.003
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