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Reducing chronic pain without medication

Medications are often a precarious—and expensive—route to manage chronic pain yet are often the first avenues people think of. With many alternative treatments, understanding your pain and what options are there for you are the first steps to healing.

Listen in as Dr. Matthew Monsein, a physician specializing in chronic pain management with Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, discusses what options people have to help manage their chronic pain other than medication.

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