Chronic pain

Association québécoise de la douleur chronique (AQDC)

How can an occupational therapist help a patient manage his pain in everyday life? How can his workplace be modified to reduce his pain? This article addresses the topic.

Ordre des ergothérapeutes du Québec

Taking four workers as a concrete example, this document illustrates how occupational therapy can be used in the treatment of back pain.

Émission “Une pilule, une petite granule”, Télé-Québec [“One pill, one small granule” program, Télé-Québec television network]

In 2010, the program told the story of Catherine, who struggles with chronic back pain. In her case, alternative methods, in particular chiropractic treatment, improved her comfort level significantly.

Ottawa Chiropractic Health Clinic

This informative page provides an overview of ART®, a patented massage technique practiced by chiropractors.

National Centre for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

An NCCIH study published in 2012 provides evidence that acupuncture may be helpful for chronic pain, taking the placebo effect of the treatment into account.

Cochrane Review

The Cochrane Review, which gathers and summarizes evidence from hundreds of scientific studies, has thoroughly reviewed the evidence on the effects of acupuncture on pain.

The NADA protocol is a five-point ear acupuncture protocol. While initially developed to treat addiction, it is now used as a complementary therapy in various fields, including pain management, behavioural health and cancer treatment.

The Sheehan Disability Scale assesses a patient’s/user’s functional impairment in three domains: work/school, social and family life.

The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) allows the patient to identify the physical and psychological problems pain has caused him in the last two weeks.

The Pain Assessment Booklet allows the patient to provide an exact description of the pain he is experiencing and to identify its impact on his life.