Tools my provider has used for Chronic Pain

A support person in your doctor’s consult – by phone or in person

Using your story to explain your pain to your provider

Explaining your choices and preferences to your provider

Using internet based chronic pain programs

Using movement / yoga / Tai chi / Qi Gong for CP

Spending time outdoors or outside your home to manage CP

Mindfulness internet programs or counselling

Relationship building: friends, partners, family, support groups, spiritual

Creative outlets: writing / art / photography / music

Restorative ventral breathing (abdominal-diaphragmatic breathing)

CP education on internet / books / magazines

Mental Health resources and counselling

Using social workers / disability assistance

Using forms to rate your experiences of pain and monitor progress

Considered your ACE score

Body Scans / Meditation

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