Congratulations to Megan Colletti, MS, OTR/L who was recently nominated and inducted to The National Academies of Practice (NAP) as a part of the class of 2024 distinguished professional members. This is induction means that Megan has shown a consistent effort towards advocating for interprofessional healthcare services and has made distinct contributions to her field [...]
Written by Megan Colletti, MS, OTR/L Pain Consultants of East Tennessee is proud to be a part of the National Council on Aging Falls Awareness week from September 18-24, 2022. You may be asking, what does chronic pain have to do with falling? Why do we care? The Center for Disease Control has identified 33 [...]
If you think "occupational therapy" and your mind immediately goes to working, you’re not the only one. Occupational therapy can be easily misunderstood, as the word “occupation” is often associated with words like “job” or “work”. Occupational therapy began more than 100 years ago during World War I when injured soldiers were having difficulty returning [...]
The American Chronic Pain Association recognizes September as Pain Awareness Month in an effort to better educate the public at large while also recognizing the day to day impact pain, and more specifically chronic pain, can have on the millions of Americans who are living with it. Chronic pain is clinically defined as, “pain beyond [...]
Last month, Pain Consultants of East Tennessee occupational therapy (OT) professionals taught other healthcare professionals how OT can help to manage chronic pain for patients in different healthcare settings. During the presentation, the audience had specific questions regarding how the techniques could be applied to the long-term care setting.
Do you feel like chronic pain controls your life? People with chronic pain often feel what they want to do takes a backseat as the chronic pain drives what really gets done in during the day. Those days where the pain level is higher can lead to feeling like nothing gets accomplished or as pain [...]
