Chronic Pain Tips - Dr. Pohl (VIDEO)
Dr. Pohl shares three tips for women dealing with chronic pain.
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Dr. Pohl:
Second of all, don’t accept a bill of goods. Walk away, do some research, be willing to challenge your healthcare practitioner because as a physician we know a lot, but we don’t know everything, and I don’t know anything about you except what you tell me. And the third of course is to be honest with your healthcare practitioner. You know, have some ability to trust them and talk to them about what’s really going on.
What’s next when you visit your healthcare practitioner is be an accurate reporter of what’s going on. Journaling may help, at least thinking through how you have been, what’s going on. Doctors really can work best when they have data. If you can give data, “This time of day is when my pain is worse”, or “this medication had this effect. This intervention, yoga session, was not helpful, and it made me worse,” you know, you can problem solve with your doc.
So having information is going to be really key to enhancing the process of communication with your doctor.
About Dr. Mel Pohl, M.D.:
Dr. Mel Pohl, M.D., is a Board Certified Family Practitioner. He is the Vice President of Medical Affairs and the Medical Director at the Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC), the only private, freestanding, medically managed inpatient detoxification and addiction treatment facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.
