Q&A Forum: Virtual Reality for Pain Relief?

Virtual reality has been used to encourage exercise, relieve boredom, train new skills, interact with others across the world, and just to have fun.

However, did you know that it can be used medically as a treatment?

For this month’s LupusCorner Q&A Forum, we asked our contributors to share their thoughts on virtual reality as a form of treatment for chronic pain! Let’s see what they had to say:

Meggin

Chronic pain is notoriously difficult to treat with opioids, which don’t touch the root causes of the pain. How do you currently treat your chronic pain?

Virtual Reality (VR) has a track record of helping patients combat and overcome pain and may have many other applications still being discovered. Would you try VR as a form of treatment for chronic pain?

Treating chronic pain is a struggle. What treatment options has you doctor suggested?

VR might work according to the gate theory of pain. The brain is capable of blocking out the perception of pain, or cause pain. Will you discuss VR as an option with your doctor?

Bert

Chronic pain is notoriously difficult to treat with opioids, which don’t touch the root causes of the pain. How do you currently treat your chronic pain?

Virtual Reality (VR) has a track record of helping patients combat and overcome pain and may have many other applications still being discovered. Would you try VR as a form of treatment for chronic pain?

Treating chronic pain is a struggle. What treatment options has you doctor suggested?

VR might work according to the gate theory of pain. The brain is capable of blocking out the perception of pain, or cause pain. Will you discuss VR as an option with your doctor?

Noella Lew

Chronic pain is notoriously difficult to treat with opioids, which don’t touch the root causes of the pain. How do you currently treat your chronic pain?

Virtual Reality (VR) has a track record of helping patients combat and overcome pain and may have many other applications still being discovered. Would you try VR as a form of treatment for chronic pain?

Treating chronic pain is a struggle. What treatment options has you doctor suggested?

VR might work according to the gate theory of pain. The brain is capable of blocking out the perception of pain, or cause pain. Will you discuss VR as an option with your doctor?

KymK

Chronic pain is notoriously difficult to treat with opioids, which don’t touch the root causes of the pain. How do you currently treat your chronic pain?

Virtual Reality (VR) has a track record of helping patients combat and overcome pain and may have many other applications still being discovered. Would you try VR as a form of treatment for chronic pain?

Treating chronic pain is a struggle. What treatment options has you doctor suggested?

VR might work according to the gate theory of pain. The brain is capable of blocking out the perception of pain, or cause pain. Will you discuss VR as an option with your doctor?

Anonymous Lupus Warrior

Chronic pain is notoriously difficult to treat with opioids, which don’t touch the root causes of the pain. How do you currently treat your chronic pain?

Virtual Reality (VR) has a track record of helping patients combat and overcome pain and may have many other applications still being discovered. Would you try VR as a form of treatment for chronic pain?

Treating chronic pain is a struggle. What treatment options has you doctor suggested?

VR might work according to the gate theory of pain. The brain is capable of blocking out the perception of pain, or cause pain. Will you discuss VR as an option with your doctor?

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