Soldiers Need Greater Emphasis on Pain Management Treatment, Physician Says

A recent study shows that musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders were the most common reasons for medical evaluation (24 percent) among Iraq and Afghanistan service members, and spinal pain was reported by another 7 percent, according to a Pain Medicine News report.

Noninterventional strategies used to prevent chronic pain should be emphasized when treating military personnel, according to U.S. Army Col. Steven Cohen, MD, the director of medical education for the Pain Management Division at Johns Hopkins.

"As military medicine evolves, pain management capabilities will take on an increasingly vital role," Dr. Cohen said this month at the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine meeting.

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