Occupational Therapy and Chronic Pain Management: Fibromyalgia

Course overview

This course will highlight biopsychosocial approaches to chronic pain management and examine the interaction and relationship between physical, functional, and emotional factors affecting individuals with fibromyalgia. Intervention strategies using the biopsychosocial approach will be presented, detailing how to address the multifactorial nature of chronic pain conditions. This course will describe a framework that can be applied when working with individuals with chronic pain in various settings and will be beneficial and most applicable to nurses, occupational therapists, and physical therapists working with individuals with chronic pain in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, long-term care, home health, and outpatient settings.