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Empowered Relief® Chronic Pain Management Program Highlighted in New LVHN Video

Effective program works with just one two-hour session and no medication

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Empowered Relief® Chronic Pain Management Program

If you or someone you love suffers from chronic pain, a new video about the effectiveness of the Empowered Relief program at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) may provide insights, answers and relief. The evidence-based Empowered Relief program is a cognitive behavioral approach that helps relieve chronic pain without medication. 

The new three-minute video includes interviews with Steve Denton, Director of Consultation Liaison at LVHN, as well as Amanda Green, Behavioral Health Specialist with LVHN’s Advanced Spine Center, and Chirag Kalola, MD, Outpatient Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Physiatry) with Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute.

In addition, patient Shelly Spears tells her story about how the program brought a reprieve after months of chronic pain that essentially destroyed her life.

“The Empowered Relief program, which was originally created at Stanford University by Beth Darnall, PhD, is a chronic pain management treatment based on medical evidence and delivered by certified clinicians,” Denton says. “Patients only need to attend one two-hour session to complete the program. We’re extremely pleased that LVHN offers this resource.”

Persistent or intermittent pain that lasts for more than three months is referred to as “chronic pain.” This type of pain can interfere with daily activities and is linked to other difficulties such as increased stress, depression, anxiety and feeling misunderstood and demoralized.

According to the U.S. Pain Foundation, 51.6 million American adults (21% of the population) live with chronic pain. About 17.1 million adult Americans live with high-impact chronic pain, or pain at a level that limits work and life activities. Statistics show that pain is the No. 1 reason Americans access the health care system. 

Lehigh Valley Health Network is offering a 2-hour online class for patients with chronic pain.

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