Therapeutic decisions in osteoarthritis (OA) often involve trade-offs between accepting risks of side effects and gaining pain relief.
Despite the availability of effective pharmacological treatments and the fact that 70 - 90% of the patients can gain pain relief with the correct pain management, this group often receives less than optimal treatment [ 2- 7].
Patients can often be hesitant to progress to solid foods postoperatively for fear of weight gain, pain, nausea, or vomiting.
Diffusing interventions is challenging because increased pain with movement often leads patients to adopt sedentary lifestyles to avoid pain, which leads to more weight gain, pain, and disability.
"I grew out my hair and gained 20 pains".
Interview data were clustered around main themes as detailed on a value proposition canvas (Jobs, Gains, Pains, see below).
Though nontraditional medicine has many skeptics, some techniques have gained credence among pain specialists.
And what have they gained by the pain inflicted by this proactive deficit reduction policy?
Knowledge is plainly not something gained without sacrifice and pain.
They will fight to maintain what they have gained after so much pain, suffering, and humiliation.
