Chronic pain is usually treated by using medicines and therapy. Medicines most commonly used for chronic pain include pain relievers, antidepressants and anticonvulsants.
There are several types of therapy that can help ease pain. Low-impact exercise and physical therapy can help reduce the pain. Occupational therapy teaches you how to pace yourself and to do ordinary tasks in such a way that you won’t hurt yourself. Behavioral therapy can help reduce your pain through methods that help you relax and help decrease stress.
Changes in lifestyle also help in treating chronic pain. Work at learning how to best control your pain.