The Clinical Takeaway: Non-Drug Pain Management

The Clinical Takeaway: Non-Drug Pain Management

In this episode:

– Acute pain becomes chronic pain somewhere between the three and six month mark
– There are good online assessment tools that will help GPs and are highly informative for patients
– It is essential the pain team and GP “sing from the same song sheet”, the focus being on quality of life and degree of function

Host: Dr David Lim, GP

Guests: Dr Matthew Green, Musculoskeletal, Rehabilitation and Pain Physician; PainMedSA

Total time: 45 mins

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