by Ted Jones, PhD, CPE “Catastrophizing" is a very important factor in chronic pain. Catastrophizing is basically when someone adds unnecessary emotion to a situation. Imagine you are on an airplane and it hits a bumpy patch. If you are sitting next to someone who says “Oh no! This is awful! The plane is going down, [...]
TENS stands for Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation. This is a small device, about the size of a pack of cigarettes that runs on batteries. It attaches to the skin, above and below or surrounding the place where the pain is located, with adhesive electrodes. When turned on the device produces a tingling sensation that “distracts” [...]
by Ted Jones, PhD, CPE Many pain patients say this to me and probably more would like to say it. They have real, objective, undeniable damage to their body - perhaps spinal problems, arthritis, multiple past back surgeries with rods and screws, or all of the above. so seeing a psychologist makes no sense to [...]
