Pain Resources Toolkit

No matter what's causing your pain, learning how to manage it can help you get your life back.

With better pain care, you will:

• Sleep better.
• Enjoy the things you love to do.
• Improve your quality of life.

UPMC Pain Management and our UPMC partners can help you treat chronic pain. Our pain resources toolkit can help you on your journey toward relief.

Pain Resources Toolkit

Addiction medicine

If you need help with a substance use issue, contact UPMC Addiction Medicine Services.

Massage to ease pain

Massage can help relieve pain and reduce stress.

The UPMC Center for Integrative Medicine offers these bodywork treatments:

• Massage.
• Structural integration.
• Craniosacral therapy.

Movement therapy for pain

Movement can help improve your body's abilities and reduce pain.

Options we offer include:

• UPMC's chronic pain program.
• Aquatic therapy.
• Tai chi and yoga classes.

Nutrition and weight loss

Eating better and reducing your weight can help improve chronic pain. UPMC services to help you in meeting these goals include:

• UPMC Nutrition Services.
• UPMC Center for Integrative Medicine.

Sleep medicine

Improving your sleep can help improve your pain, and vice versa.

UPMC's sleep-related services include:

• UPMC Sleep Medicine Center.
• The University of Pittsburgh Center for Sleep and Circadian Science.

Wellness services and classes to help improve pain

Talk with your UPMC pain medicine doctor about:

• UPMC Health Plan's Prescription for Wellness telehealth program.
• Aquatic therapy at the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute.
• Tai chi and yoga classes at the UPMC Center for Integrative Medicine.

Wellness classes can help improve your pain levels.

Learn more about these classes we offer:

• Biofeedback.
• Medical hypnosis.
• Mindfulness to reduce anxiety.
• Mindfulness to reduce stress.

Custom Pain Treatment Plans

UPMC Pain Management experts will also design a custom pain care treatment plan that may include tools like:

• Acceptance.
• Addiction medicine.
• Aromatherapy.
• Care for your emotions and thoughts.
• Help to talk about your pain.
• Goal setting.
• Less-invasive pain treatments.
• Massage.
• Medicines.
• Mental health care to help reduce stress.
• Movement therapy.
• Nutrition and weight loss.
• Wellness prescriptions.
• Relationship care.
• Sleep care.