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| an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage |
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short term pain that usually results from a specific injury.
pain that goes on for 6 months or less |
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| pain that may begin after an injury, but that does not respond to treatment and persists over time |
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| Biopsychosocial elements of pain |
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Ascending and descending pathways
sensations, emotions, thoughts, past experiences, learned behavior, psychosocial context, etc...
physiology of central nervous system is altered by chronic pain
chronic pain as a disease not a symptom |
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| anything that throws the body out of homeostasis/alance |
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body's effort to restore balance
there are physiological processes
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emotional processes |
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| Alarm: the body prepares for action (fight or flight), sympathetic arousal |
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Adaptation/ resistance: the body tries to adapt to stressor, psychologically and physically
usually successful but time limited
applicable to acute pain |
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exhaustion: resources are depleted
prolonged stress and the body's response is damaging to the body and mind
body - increased sensitivity to pain, decreased immune functioning
mind - social withdrawal, irritability, substance use, depression |
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what does pain effect?
kind of a circular model of pain and life experiences |
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behavior
thoughts
emotions
relationships
and all of the above have an impact on pain |
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| psychology of pain based on Learning Theory |
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behavior and thought are learned subconsciously and consciously
behavior can be changed by learning
ways of thinking and beliefs can also be changed by learning |
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| how does pain shape behavior? |
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ppl repeat rewarding behavior and avoid punishing behavior (operant conditioning)
short vs long term
taking pain meds is good for short term, bad for long
rest good for short term, but long term -> obesity, muscular atrophy |
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| recognizes pain as biological and psychological threat to an individuals integrity |
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| impaired management of pain linked with |
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over attention: ppl vary on their attention to physical symptoms
fear-avoidance: "I should go to work, but then it will get worse"
catastophizing: blowing up a small problem into a huge one
depression |
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| additional factors that contribute to disability |
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physical deconditioning
secondary gain/ ($) litigation: workers disability, SS disablity
primary gain: benefits of being in the patient role
operant factors
socio-cultural factors: more stressful to have any problem when ur poor |
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| medical management vs self management of pain |
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medical: a passive role, curing, dependent, best for acute
self: an active role, coping, independent, best for chronic |
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| multidisciplinary care for pain management |
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medical: interventions, rx, and education
physical therapy
alternative medicine
pain psychology: coping sills, relaxation training, support, and education |
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