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 [...]
Pain Consultants of East Tennessee’s very own James Choo, M.D., received an invitation from The White House to attend an invitation-only forum at South College on Thursday, January 14th with Michael Botticelli, Director of National Drug Control Policy. Choo attended the forum with other regional health care leaders as they discussed ways to combat prescription [...]
PCET Surgery Center Administrator Alana Booth, RN, CASC, was recently featured in an article published by ASCA Focus Magazine, where she discussed the need for Ambulatory Surgery Center Association members to utilize industry checklists to ensure regulatory compliance. "It can be overwhelming for an administrator, especially one who is new to surgery centers or not [...]
Pain Consultants of East Tennessee was honored to be invited to Roane State Community College to educate the students on the management of chronic pain. In attendance were the second year Occupational Therapy Assistant and Physical Therapy Assistant students as well as Massage Therapy students. The students expressed a great interest in Dr. James Choo’s [...]
