Treating the whole person, not just the pain. Chronic pain can affect more than your body. It can disrupt sleep, change your mood, strain relationships, and make everyday activities harder. Behavioral health for chronic pain helps you build practical skills to manage these challenges alongside medical treatment. At Pain Consultants of East Tennessee, Behavioral Medicine [...]
September is Pain Awareness Month, an opportunity to recognize the challenges of living with chronic pain and the importance of access to individualized care. Public conversations about opioids have brought attention to overdose prevention and medication safety. Those conversations must also include the needs of people living with persistent pain. Looking Back at Pain Care [...]
Pain Consultants of East Tennessee welcomed Jeannette Tsuei, then director of product for AppliedVR, for two days of usability testing of a virtual reality experience designed for pain management. Participants tried the platform and shared feedback to help AppliedVR identify opportunities for improvement. Exploring Biofeedback and Coping Skills The experience incorporated biofeedback intended to help [...]
WBIR Channel 10 NBC visited Pain Consultants of East Tennessee to report on the practice’s use of virtual reality software in chronic pain management. The 2017 segment explored how PCET was incorporating the technology into its approach to pain care. Watch the WBIR Report Watch the full report below for a look at the [...]
The work being done with virtual reality for pain management by psychologist Ted Jones, PhD at Pain Consultants of East Tennessee is making international headlines. A new article appearing in Science Focus, the online home of BBC's Focus Magazine, not only detailed Jones' work but his partnership with DeepStream VR that brought virtual reality to [...]
Pain Consultants of East Tennessee’s Ted Jones, PhD, and James Choo, MD, coauthored “The Impact of Virtual Reality on Chronic Pain” with Todd Moore of the University of Tennessee. The study was published in PLOS ONE on December 20, 2016. The research explored changes in reported pain during and immediately after a five-minute virtual reality [...]
