How, if at all, do you incorporate techniques such as mindfulness into your discussions with patients who have chronic pain, particularly if they are on long-term opioids?
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I do use the Oregon Pain Management website with my chronic pain patients, and if they select the mindfulness tile, I go over this with them and refer them to our embedded behavioral health provider. I also teach the "square breathing" technique quite often to anxious patients with or without pain, whether or not they actively request it, both inpatient and outpatient.
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