{"id":6204,"date":"2014-09-29T06:54:09","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T10:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/?p=6204"},"modified":"2016-11-17T19:01:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T23:01:59","slug":"psychiatric-pain-management-just-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/6204\/psychiatric-pain-management-just-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychiatric Pain Management: Just Do It!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the\u00a0series Why You Should\u00a0See a Pain Management Psychiatrist<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Let’s\u00a0look at behavior changes\u00a0that can help you live better and get better.<\/p>\n

Do positive activities<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s important that you keep up activities when you have chronic\u00a0pain. A pain management psychiatrist will help you with pacing, which is not doing too much nor too little. A clever idea is using the concept of $1 to help you pace yourself<\/span><\/a>. You’ll also\u00a0learn how to motivate yourself to\u00a0regularly do\u00a0your assigned\u00a0physical therapy exercises.<\/p>\n

Alter old activities or choose new ones<\/strong><\/p>\n

A pain management psychiatrist will work with you to figure out what activities you can do, what you should avoid, and, if you need to, how to replace or alter favorite activities so you can still do them. Let’s say you love gardening, but you can’t do as much as you once did. It’s important not to drop something you really enjoy. So figure out what aspect of gardening you love. If it’s seeing green by your front door, try container gardening instead of doing the whole frontyard. If it’s being outside, garden for 15 minutes instead of 5\u00a0hours, then sit in or walk through a garden to\u00a0enjoy the outdoors. You get the idea –\u00a0alter<\/em> what you need to, so you can continue to enjoy your favorites.<\/p>\n

These changes in behavior help in several ways:<\/p>\n