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Pain Management
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the total “economic burden” of prescription opioid misuse alone in the U.S. is $78.5 billion a year, including the costs of healthcare, lost productivity, addiction treatment, and criminal justice involvement. Med Care. 2016.
Dr. Colette, also known as The Pain Slayer, has been tackled some of the toughest cases of chronic pain among our wounded warriors and battling the opioid crisis. Let her introduce you to some of the latest evidence-based alternatives to pharmaceutical pain management solutions that have worked for our military veterans and can work for you too.
Firstline Therapy
Dr Colette was certified as a healthcare practitioner and lifestyle educator in Firstline Therapy in 2008. FirstLine Therapy is a specialized therapeutic lifestyle program unlike any other. It targets the underlying causes of chronic illness by incorporating a sensible eating plan, physical activity, nutritional support, and stress management. Dr Colette continues her pursuit of clinical excellence by regularly attending professional education symposiums on integrative healthcare and research.
Potential benefits for the patient:
1. Faster recovery. By providing appropriate triage, specific targeted, evidence-based care, avoiding unnecessary treatments, promote active care plans, and patient empowerment, it is expected that the services will facilitate maximal outcomes in the shortest time.
2. Cost savings. A reduction of the economic burden is achieved when diagnostic test are ordered only when clinically necessary and by by taking a "less is more" approach through patient education and motivation in self-directed care. Recommending scientific-based interventions at a low price while still maintaining high quality, ensures results that can be obtained more affordably than typical medical care.
3. Avoiding harm and disability. Judicious use of imaging, pharmaceuticals, and avoiding inappropriate communication of diagnostic test results all of which can lead to prolonged disability and unnecessary invasive procedures with potential detrimental side effects.
4. Increased productivity. Encouraging patients to remain active, stay at work or return to work would lessen the likelihood of unemployment and its resultant economic hardship. Encourage patients to find purpose will decrease prolonged disability, depression, and other psychosocial factors. 5. High patient satisfaction. By empowering the patient with self-care strategies and a focus on preventative care, a reduction in frequency and severity of future pain episodes is achievable.
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It all begins with a small step. Maybe you want to get out of pain. Maybe you want more energy, less weight. Or maybe you are just sick and tired of being sick and tired and long to return to sharing your talents with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.