Chronic Pain Management Assignment

Running head: CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT
Chronic pain management
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Name of the university:
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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................2
Bio-psychosocial assessment of pain history:.................................................................................3
Pathophysiology of pain:.................................................................................................................5
Management strategies:...................................................................................................................6
Reflection and recommendation:.....................................................................................................8
Reference:......................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction:
Pain can be considered as one of the most vital and consistent element of life, each and
every individual has to endure pain some or the other time in the entire duration of their lives.
However, the concept of chronic pain is completely different; a chronic pain can be defined as a
long term and consistent pain that can occur due to a particular health condition or injury. In this
case the patient had been suffering with chronic pain in both of the knees, due to long term
osteoarthritis. Now it has to be understood that the aspects of care in case of chronic pain
management can be diverse. As there can be a diverse health adversity trajectory that can lead to
knee pain in the patient, the care aspects for the chronic knee pain management also needs to be
patient centered and dependent on the specific needs and requirements associated with the
condition that the patient is in (McCracken and Zhao‐O'Brien 2010).
In the case study selected for this assignment, the health adversity represented is chronic
pain experienced by the patient in both knees due to chronic osteoarthritis. The patient is a 78
year old male who had been suffering with chronic osteoarthritis on both of his knees. The
chronic pain in both of the knees have rendered the patient completely incapable of mobility and
the patient requires 24/7 support from the care providers for basic chores. Other medical
complication of the patient includes peripheral oedema in the lower limbs of the patient and
along with that the patient had also been suffering with congestive heart failure and fall
tendencies. This assignment will attempt to formulate a pain management biography, taking into
consideration the pain assessment, management and care experience attained by the patient.

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Bio-psychosocial assessment of pain history:
Both chronic pain and chronic recurrent pain can be considered as a pervasive medical
concern and the topic of chronic pain management has been discovered as the main public health
priority in the current age. There is various pain assessment and management techniques that
have been discovered in the past, however among all the different techniques that have been
discovered the bio-psychosocial method of chronic pain management has been discovered to be
one of the most beneficial and effective methodology (Nicholas et al. 2012). The late 1900s have
called for the extreme reform in the sector of traditional pain assessment and management
design, the bio-psychosocial model on the other hand, takes into consideration both the impact of
disease and illness. Now it has to be understood that illness or the experience associated with it is
explained by the biological, psychological and social manifestation of the chronic pain. It has to
be understood that the need for holistic analysis of the experience or grievances of a patient who
is suffering through a chronic pain is required. According to the article by Hadjistavropoulos et
al. (2011), the bio-psychosocial model is considered to be one of the most heuristic methods of
Pain assessment, treatment and management technique which attempt to provide the most
tailored and comprehensive pain management program for the patients.
In the case represented in this assignment the patient have been suffering from long term
osteoarthritis which had resulted into a chronic pain in both the knees of the patient, which had
rendered the patient completely incapable of carrying out normal daily activities, and hence there
are a number of different social and psychological impact the patient. Hence, opting for the bio-
psychosocial mode of pain assessment and management will be the most plausible method opted
to help restore the optimal health and wellbeing of the patient. According to the bio-psychosocial
model of health, the assessment must take into consideration the biological, psychological and