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.
Author: Jason Wilson, MD
Jason W. Wilson, MD, MA, FACEP is an emergency medicine physician at Tampa General Hospital. He serves as a core faculty member and Associate Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. He also holds an affiliated faculty appointment with the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. Dr. Wilson serves as the Medical Director for the Clinical Decision Unit at Tampa General Hospital as well as the Associate Medical Director for the Adult ED. In addition, Dr. Wilson is the research director for the emergency medicine residency program.
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