Description:
Chronic pain can be difficult to live with. If you have psoriatic arthritis you know all too well what that means. Listen as physiatrist Dr. Erin Maslowski and LB Herbert offer ways to manage pain before it manages your life.
Join host Susan McClelland-Tobert, a retired pediatric cardiologist who also lives with psoriatic disease as she uncovers the topic of what is chronic pain and how to manage it with Dr. Erin Maslowski, a physiatrist at Emplify Health System who specializes in physical medicine, rehabilitation and pain management, along with LB Herbert who also lives with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and knows all too well what it means to live with pain, developing her own pain tool kit. Hear different strategies for managing initial flares to when pain escalates. Pain doesn't have to dictate how you live your life.
This episode addresses why pain occurs, it's impact, and what can be done to manage pain both physically and emotionally.
Timestamps:
(0:23) Intro to Psoriasis Uncovered & guests physiatrist Dr. Erin Maslowski and LB Herbert
(1:48) The unpredictability of pain and what pain means to LB.
(2:31) The science behind what happens in the body when acute and chronic pain occurs.
(5:08) General principles and first steps to managing pain associated with inflammatory arthritis.
(11:00) Recognition of flares and taking action to reduce the impact before pain escalates. .
(14:02) Steps to address the chronic pain cycle as it escalates such as steroid injections and medications that change how the brain perceives pain signals.
(20:54) Side effects and cautions for use of pain management medications.
(24:17) What and who LB turns to for managing her pain.
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