Physiotherapy can be an effective treatment of chronic pain. Officially, the NICE chronic pain guidelines recommend physiotherapy and physical activity as chronic pain treatments.
Many pain clinics have physiotherapists as team members. They can help you manage your chronic pain in several ways, such as:
- Using a supervised exercise program, where they find exercises that allow you to remain active and relieve chronic pain
- Manual therapy, where they move parts of your body where you feel pain to relieve it
- Therapies like acupuncture, where very fine needles are placed in the skin to relax muscles and stimulate nerves to relive chronic pain
The NICE chronic pain guidelines advise that exercise programs and physical activity are a core part of managing chronic pain. Physiotherapists are experts in helping suggest which activities and exercises can help you with your specific chronic pain needs.
