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Interdisciplinary Functional Restoration and Pain Programs

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Treatment of Chronic Pain by Integrative Approaches

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The major purpose of the present chapter is to provide a review of the currently most therapeutically effective method for managing chronic pain—functional restoration (FR). Before doing so, a brief overview of the rehabilitation process will be provided. Indeed, throughout history, the treatment of chronic pain conditions has been difficult, time consuming, expensive, and, all too often, unsuccessful. Many modes of treatment, both invasive (injections, procedures, surgery, etc.) and noninvasive methods (medications, physical therapy, counseling, applications of heat, ice, transcutaneous electrical stimulation, and many others), have been used by the health-care profession in an attempt to eliminate pain and return these patients to a productive, fulfilling life.

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  1. Feinberg Medical Group, 825 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA

    Steven D. Feinberg M.D. & Rachel Feinberg PT, DPT

  2. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Steven D. Feinberg M.D.

  3. American Pain Solutions, San Diego, CA, USA

    Steven D. Feinberg M.D.

  4. Department of Psychology, College of Science, The University of Texas at Arlington, 313 Life Science Building, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA

    Robert J. Gatchel Ph.D., ABPP

  5. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Center for Pain Management, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 980 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 800, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

    Steven Stanos DO

  6. Northwestern University Medical School, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Steven Stanos DO

  7. Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA

    Valerie Johnson-Montieth B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Candidate

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    Timothy R. Deer

  2. Clinic Chief, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford Pain Medicine Center, Redwood City, CA, USA, and Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

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  3. Medical Director, Clinical Associate Professor, The LITE Center, South Miami, FL, USA, and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

    Albert L. Ray

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Feinberg, S.D., Gatchel, R.J., Stanos, S., Feinberg, R., Johnson-Montieth, V. (2015). Interdisciplinary Functional Restoration and Pain Programs. In: Deer, T., Leong, M., Ray, A. (eds) Treatment of Chronic Pain by Integrative Approaches. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1821-8_13

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