5 Ways to Manage Pain Flare-Ups
If you live with chronic pain, one of the most important things you can do for yourself is to learn how to manage pain flare-ups. A pain flare-up is a substantial increase in the intensity of an underlying chronic pain problem. While the change in pain level can be dramatic, it is not a new pain, but rather a significant exacerbation of a pain problem that already exists.
Still, the sudden spike in pain can be so unsettling that you may worry that there is a new injury or problem, leading you to shift your attention from calming the flare-up to seeking a new diagnosis and new treatment for this “new pain” (which isn’t really a new pain at all). All of this misplaced effort allows pain to run amok.
https://blogs.webmd.com/pain-management/2018/06/5-ways-to-manage-pain-flare-ups.html?ecd=wnl_men_063018&ctr=wnl-men-063018_nsl-promo-v_2&mb=rsGitnm%2fDGow%40VaiCf7IL%40HnVev1imbCbc3Mzilm918%3d
Still, the sudden spike in pain can be so unsettling that you may worry that there is a new injury or problem, leading you to shift your attention from calming the flare-up to seeking a new diagnosis and new treatment for this “new pain” (which isn’t really a new pain at all). All of this misplaced effort allows pain to run amok.