chronic pain

Marine Corps Veteran’s new resource for healthy lifestyle
Marine Corp Veteran Tim Foley maintains his goals of living a healthy lifestyle with live online yoga sessions. The free access helps Veterans with chronic pain, diabetes and weight loss.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is helping Veterans with chronic pain
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy changes the way pain is processed in our brains and equips individuals with a self-directed, problem-solving approach to manage and decrease the challenges associated with chronic pain.
Richmond’s VIP Center improves quality of life for Veterans
Veterans Integrative Pain (VIP) Center treatment options for Veterans include Tai Chi, Sarete Aikido, mindfulness meditation, cognitive behavioral therapy and anti-inflammatory diet groups.
Study backs long-term benefits of non-drug pain therapy
A recent study found that non-drug therapies given to service members with chronic pain may reduce the risk of long-term adverse outcomes, such as alcohol and drug disorder or suicide attempts.
Charleston Veteran battles chronic pain, finds recovery, family
Army Veteran Darryl Gadsden battled chronic pain, but now practices yoga as part of his alternative therapy treatments for pain management.
VA Secretary praises department’s model path to ending opioid addiction
Over the past six years, VA’s Opioid Safety Initiative (OSI) has reduced opioid dispensing more than 50%. Most of this reduction is attributable to not starting new, long-term opioid therapy in Veterans with chronic pain.
VA researcher is strong advocate for combining therapies for chronic pain
Dr. Matthew Bair is a general internal medicine physician and VA health services researcher. His main research interest is pain management in primary care. Over the last 15 years, Bair has been part of a team that has worked to improve pain management for Veterans, particularly through combining pharmacologic (drug) and non-pharmacologic treatments.