Research Proposal Development. Pain. Health, Medicine Paper.

Pain

Abstract
Chronic pain is one of the prevalent aging conditions that veterans struggle to cope with. The term “chronic” means that this type of pain does not go away. Pain can be physical or psychological. While it is true that psychological pain hardly leads to physical pain, presence of physical pain has been a significant cause of psychological pain. Since chronic pain does not fade with time, there is a need for best mechanisms to address this type of pain and help aging veterans lead productive life or reduce dysfunctions that accompany chronic pain. Two types of treatments have been proposed for treatment and management of chronic pain. Pharmacological treatment emphasizes the use of medicinal drugs in combatting physical pain. The limitation is that it does not have significant improvement on addressing emotional pain that accompanies physical pain. Cognitive Behavioral therapy has been proposed for treatment of physical and psychological pain. CBT falls in the category of non-pharmacological technique because there is no use of drugs. It entails modification of lifestyle and use of talk therapy. The researcher intends to promote the use of CBT techniques in the treatment and management of chronic pain in aging veterans.  PainChronic pain is one of the depressive disorders that are prevalent in the later stages of life. According to Ehde, Dillworth, and Turner (2011), it is estimated that over eleven million American adults suffer from chronic pain. This is a significant number, and there is a need for proper mechanisms in place to help this population. While it is true that chronic pain cannot fade away, scientists and scholars have proposed physiotherapeutic and medicinal methods of coping with chronic pain among aging adults. The medicinal approach involves the use of oral ibuprofen and gabapentin drugs in the reduction of pain. There is no clear supporting evidence for gabapentin in the treatment of chronic pain, even though evidence suggests that gabapentin only treats some types of nerve pains (Tai et al., 2016). The physiotherapeutic approach involves the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in the treatment and management of chronic pain. The two methods have proved to be effective in easing pain and reducing chronic pain and dysfunctions among people experiencing chronic pain. There is, however, a concern about the suitability and efficacy of each of the two approaches when it comes to the period it takes to reduce pain and minimize dysfunction in the body. The reason for choosing this topic is to help people struggling with chronic pain understand the best approach they can opt for in treating pain. Chronic pain is both physical and psychological. Veterans are people with families, and they would wish to engage in productive activities to cater for their families. Additionally, both physiotherapeutic and medicinal treatments come at a cost. It is, therefore, ill-advised to let patients find out that the treatment they have enrolled for is not working when they have already paid money for the program. The study will compare physiotherapeutic approaches such as the use of CBT which includes physical exercises and medicinal approaches which include oral ibuprofen and ga...