Non-medication approaches to pain management are critical contributions to clinical science. This JAMA interview lays out how 11 trials will be funded based on preliminary data showing possible benefit. While this interview and these trials are important, the focus, like most pain management related research is on chronic pain. Our work (foam rollers, movement, and TENS units) is beginning to focus on pain in the ED – a population most researchers have traditionally shied away from when testing non-medication analgesic approaches.
