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Spotlight on Pain Management

Supporting Whole Person Pain Management in the Military Health System


by Julie Fritz, PhD, PT, ATC ; Dan Rhon, PT, DPT, DSc, OCS, FAAOMPT
Seminar date: 1/7/2025

Description: Improving care for persons with chronic musculoskeletal pain is a priority in the Military Health System. The Military Health System is supporting a shift towards more holistic, whole-person, approaches to pain management. The presenters of this seminar have been researching strategies to implement holistic pain management strategies in the Military Health System and evaluating ways to provide pain care that aligns with the DoD/VA Stepped Care Model for Pain Management.

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