Finding a way to control your pain is important so that you can go on living your life to the fullest. No matter if your pain comes from arthritis, cancer or cancer treatments, fibromyalgia, an injury, or surgery, controlling the discomfort and pain is a must. It can also affect how your body heals and recuperates too. So what is the best way to approach pain management?

The first step you should take is making an appointment with your primary care provider. They may find the cause of the pain and be able to address the matter with medications. If they aren't able to find the cause or the cause is more than they are able to handle, they may refer you to a clinic that can manage your pain.

A pain management clinic will have a staff of different specialist that you'll be able to access. They will be specialized in arthritis, cancer, fibromyalgia and many other things that can be a cause for pain. They will work together to create a pain management plan approach that will address your issues while keeping your best interest in focus.

In addition to having a complete exam and blood drawn, as well as CAT scans, CT, MRI, and/or X-rays, you will need to provide a complete medical history to the pain management clinic. This includes your own history as well as your family history. The information from all of this will give the specialists a foundation to work from.

They will also need you to explain your pain to them. But to give them a full explanation, you should have a thorough understanding of pain yourself. Experts explain pain is an unpleasant sensory experience that can have an effect on you emotionally as well.

It is important that the emotional suffering is addressed as well as the sensory aspect of pain so that it can be eased completely. This is why you'll be interviewed by the pain management clinic's staff behavioral specialist as well as one or more of the other specialists.

Pain Is Experienced Differently With Everyone

Pain is a real thing and it is physical. Nobody can argue that. However, pain must be measured to each person independently and specifically because each of us has a different perception and tolerance of the pain.

What our brain perceives as pain is indisputably emotionally charged according to many experts. Meaning that those who are afraid of pain, anxious or depressed may experience pain different and more severely, than the person that has pain without those emotions.