Taking an integrative, nonpharmacologic approach to pain management
Presented by UVM Integrative Health and hosted by the University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences, this conference is designed to meet the needs of an interdisciplinary health care community. All health care professionals are welcome. Attendees will hear keynote addresses from integrative pain management experts, network with colleagues across disciplines and meet new cross-referral partners in your geographic area, learn what others are doing to get integrative care covered, learn how to help patients unlearn pain, and choose from 20 sessions to create a day that meets your needs.
In the context of the current opioid abuse/addiction epidemic and the chronic pain that underlies it, this conference will:
Topics Include:
- Relationship between trauma and pain
- Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic approaches to pain management
- Pain neuroscience
- Opioid tapering
- Integrative approaches to specific pain conditions
- Patient engagement, and more