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VIRTUAL REALITY FOR CHRONIC PAIN VIRTUAL REALITY FOR CHRONIC PAIN

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Chronic pain requires a comprehensive management plan due to its complexity, and long gone are the days when people have to rely solely on medications to help alleviate their pain.

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Chronic pain requires a comprehensive management plan due to its complexity, and long gone are the days when people have to rely solely on medications to help

Research has shown that virtual reality can help reduce the severity of pain, minimize the use of opioids and decrease activity disruption caused by pain.

Research has shown tha virtual reality can help reduce the severity of p minimize the use of opio and decrease activity disruption caused by pa

Key components of most virtual reality programs for chronic pain include:

Key components of most virtual reality programs for chronic pain include:

• Pain education and self-empowerment

• Mindfulness and meditation

Pain education and self-empowerment

• Distraction and escape

Mindfulness and meditation nents of most virtual reality programs pain include:

Distraction and escape cation and self-empowerment ess and meditation

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