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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Veterans Adopt Alternative Treatments for Chronic Pain After Education

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Las Vegas—Veterans with chronic pain accessed more complementary and alternative treatments at a Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center after attending a “pain education school,” and those participating in a functional medicine clinic reported reductions in perceived stress and musculoskeletal pain, according to results of two studies presented at the PAINWeek 2017 meeting.

The lead investigator of both studies, David Cosio, PhD, a health psychologist at the Jesse Brown VA