A Whole Person Approach to Lifting the Burden of Chronic Pain Among Service Members and Veterans Posted on March 28th, 2023 by Helene M. Langevin, M.D., National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health Chronic pain and its companion crisis of opioid misuse have taken a terrible toll on Americans. But the impact has been even greater on U.S….

How much do we know about the effectiveness of complementary health approaches for chronic pain? A growing body of evidence suggests that some complementary approaches, such as acupuncture, hypnosis, massage, mindfulness meditation, music-based interventions, spinal manipulation, tai chi, qigong, and yoga, may help to manage some painful conditions. What do we know about the safety of complementary health approaches for chronic pain? Chronic pain is pain…