Developing a psychologically-informed pain management course for use in osteopathic practice: The OsteoMAP cohort study

Multidisciplinary healthcare programmes which include psychosocial interventions for persistent musculoskeletal pain demonstrate better patient outcomes than separate physical therapies. This paper reports outcomes from the [name of study], which combined psychological and mindfulness-informed interventions from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with manual treatment to create a multimodal pain self-management course for delivery by osteopaths working with patients with long-term musculoskeletal conditions.
Source: International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research