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Are you tired of fighting chronic pain?
​Champion it!​

Live More. Struggle Less.

It's possible to change your pain experience.

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Understand pain

The path to pain recovery starts with education.  

Pain is an experience with biological, psychological, and social factors, not just a number on the pain scale. 

​Just treating chronic pain biomedically with pills, injections, and surgery isn't enough. We need to treat the whole person with a multidisciplinary approach using the biopsychosocial model as the standard of care. 
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Accept pain

It’s often the struggle with chronic pain that’s the worst part of having pain, not the pain itself. 

​The struggle makes it easy to become distressed and feel like a victim.
  
To minimize the struggle, it’s helpful to come to terms with the pain as our “new normal” – accepting the pain as a part of life with no immediate magical cure.
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Manage pain

It’s easy to become preoccupied with chronic pain.  To feel distressed, to give up, and become a victim just based on how much attention we give it.

The good news - it's possible to turn
down the pain volume. 
 
We can train our brains to change the way we think, feel, and behave around
chronic pain so we're not so worried about it. And we can learn techniques to actively self-manage the pain.   
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Read my published articles. Hear my story.

  • We Have a Chronic Pain Problem, Not a Prescription Opioid Problem
  • A Letter to Pain Providers: 10 Do and Don’t Tips from a Chronic Pain Patient 
  • Are You Missing Two-Thirds of Your Potential Pain Treatment Plan? 
  • Five things I wish I knew earlier in my journey with chronic pain 
  • Hopping Off the Pain Merry-go-round
  • My Time at the Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center 
  • Stop Whining and More No-Nonsense Tips from a Chronic Pain Champion​​ ​
  • ​Living With Chronic Pain: ‘Suffering Is a Choice, and I Choose Not to Suffer’
  • Compass Opioid Stewardship interview - Learning to Champion Chronic Pain

Take Control

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​Imagine being in a car with your chronic pain.  Where is the pain?
 
Is pain behind the steering wheel - determining where you go and what you do?  Or are you driving?
 
You can change your pain experience and other related symptoms by taking control. 





​All content is for informational purposes only and should be used in conjunction with healthcare professionals. 
 It is not meant to replace professional advice.  Information provided is based on the author’s personal experience,
beliefs, and research regarding chronic non-cancer/end-of-life pain.  All pain should be carefully evaluated.

Consult a doctor or other healthcare professional before attempting treatment.  
Use of the information provided is at your own risk.


​© 2022
Tom Bowen
Chronic Pain Champions


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