Ep 15. Anatomy of a Flare

Agency is crucial as a chronic pain patient - especially when you feel most helpless and scared with pain at its worst. Flares are always difficult to navigate, but they don't have to make you feel so helpless and reactive. What are the phases of a flare, and how can you manage each one? This episode is a critical resource to learn how to identify and sooner recognize your own flare patterns so you end up in 'the hole' less, and can navigate your way out more effectively when it does happen.

As a provider, how can you better explain flares and give patients a prevention strategy so they are empowered to impact all the aspects they can control, and more effectively treat the pieces you can help with when they are most vulnerable? Listen to this episode for more tools and a structure you can implement right away.