Pain Management

There is an epidemic of pain medication abuse in this country, and the abuse often begins as a legitimate treatment response to chronic pain and surgery. Too many people are being prescribed medications for pain and injuries instead of combining medication with physical therapy and other physical improvement practices. Many of those addictions have evolved to include illicit substance use, such as heroin. The difficulty with treating these clients is that legitimate physical discomfort is often the root of the addiction, and to detox from these types of meds can exacerbate the source of the pain.