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Stress Management, Chronic Pain, and Recovery
Pain, injury .andchronic illnesses,
are problems that we all face as con
stant reminders that modem, fast-
paced life styles make demands upon
us that takes a toll upon our minds and
bodies.
As “victims” of these modem
stresses and strains of our time, most
people are willing to accept their role,
and sometimes spend thousands of
dollars on physical and/or psycho
logical care that often unnecessary or
ineffective.
A new, innovative program called
“Stress Management, Chronic Pain,
and recovery” addresses the stress/
pain/recovcry connection with an edu
cational and scientific approach to
healing called Psycho-physiologic
Educotherapy(rctrainingof the mind,
body and immune system).
This program addresses a num
ber of complex injury and chronic
illness conditions that often eluded
standard medical explanations for over
a hundred years. It is based on recent
medical research that has proven
chronic stresscan make a personphysi-
cally hurt more, and can make recov
ery from injury difficultor impossible.
Enlightened medical experts
agree that chronic pain is not “all in
your head”. However, the brain has
the ability to signal various organs to
produce chemicals that will acceler
ate pain response and impair healing
processes.
Low back problems, repetitive
strain injuries, chronic muscle pain,
carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic fa
tigue, migraine headaches^nd many
intestinal ailments, are addressed in
this fascinating program. “ Stress
Management, Chronic Pain, and Re
covery” logically explains how emo
tional and physical stresses contribute
to physical disorders.
Dr. Lendon Smith, a national,
best-selling author on stress, nutri
tion, and overall health, recently re
viewed the program and stated, “ 1
found this program to be a clear, lin
ear, and logical approach to chronic
pain and recovery problems.”
This recovery program integrates
Educo-therapy (educating the nervous
system to operate at higher levels)
with the research and treatment work
done by John Samo, M.D., author of
Mind Over Back Pain, and Paul
Davidson, M.D., author of Chronic
Muscle Pain Syndrome.
Sarno’s work at the Institute of
Rehabilitation Medicine at New York
University M edical Center, and
Davidson’s work with chronic muscle
pain, have helped thousands of people
overcome pain and chronic illness
conditions. Dr. Robert Kohnle of
Health Essentials, a total wellness
clinic in Tigard, Oregon, provides the
physical and nutritional treatment plan
that helps to intergrade this mind/
body concept.
W allace Gamble, creator of
“Stress Management, Chronic Pain,
and Recovery,” gives a great deal of
credit to his eight years of work with
Dr. Page Bailey of the Page Bailey
Institute for Health Related Studies
and Programs. Gamble, a Health Re
sources Management Specialist, states.
It’s been a great opportunity to work
with Dr. Bailey on stress manage
ment, accelerated recovery, and cor
porate wellness programs.”
“After all these years, it was so
rewarding to develop a program that
would positively affect the lives of
people living in pain,” says Gamble.
12,000 Families Leave Welfare
means-work.
The JOBS program succeeds be
cause it gets people into ihe workforce.
Although the average starting
wage is just $6 an hour, that compares
favorably with the average starting
wage for all job placements through
state Employment offices.
In addition, the hourly wage is
supplemented by continuing medic
aid coverage for 12 months, subsi
dized child care and food stamps for
families who continue to be low in
come. Ftunilies may also qualify for
the newly expanded Earned Income
Tax Credit, which puts up to $2,364
into the pockets of low-income fami
lies who qualify (it rises to $3,370 by
1996).
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one who secs the parent sitting home
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and why more than 5,500 have done
so in the past three years.
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No other state even comes close to
Oregon’s success in getting teen par
ents aback in school. We know that by
getting an education, these young par
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and set that all-important example for
their kids. And they are less likely to
have a second child before thy have
established themselves with school
ing and a job.
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like the young family of the newly
employed man in Roseburg.
B y K evin W. C oncannon
This man’s family is among more
Everyone enjoys hearing success l^an 12,000 Oregon households that
stories like this one. A Roseburg man, ^ave moved from welfare to work in
whose family had been on welfare,
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recently told me he has gone back to
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work as a result of at state program simple fact: Most jobs arc never ad-
called JOBS, which provides training vertised. Therefore, if you want to
leant about and be considered for most
in how to get and hold a job.
“Before,” he said, “1 went in six openings, it’s best to be in the
tunes and they wouldn’t even give me workforce so you’ll hear about them
an application.” But after working for and so prospective supervisors will
the organization through the JOBS have seen your work.
Except for a few lucky lottery
program, the employer offered him a
regular job after only two weeks of winners, most people can lift them
selves out of poverty by only one
seeing what he could do.
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“No one could be happier than I am
when people come back to the clinic
and report that they arc feeling better
than they have in twenty years,” he
says with a smile.
Previously costing thousands of
dollars, this program has been inten
sified and streamlined so that the in
dividual cost is under a hundred dol
lars. One patient that attended the
program stated, “I’ve been to every
medical professional in the book. This
is the best investment in my health
that I’ve ever made.”
Both individuals andcorporat ions
are now using the program for a vari
ety of reasons, however, both want the
same result - bottom line dollar sav
ings. Tony Nordone, Supervisor,
Integra Claim Service (Fred Meyer)
stated, “I was very impressed with
your in-depth knowledge of chronic
pain issues, recovery, and health re
sources management. You have de
signed a “nuts and bolts” curriculum
in a concise and cost-effective fash-
îon.
Industrial injury experience and
much of the program design was de
veloped during a two year corporate
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Continued from front
played key roles. The House coa
lesced in an amendment to keep the
BDFAP alive.
The House passed the BDFAP-
saving legislation late Monday night,
November 22, the day members were
scheduled to adjourn. Strong biparti
san support in both the Senate and the
House, combined with the Energy
Department’s commitment to the
BDFAP, eventually convinced the
Treasury bureaucracy to lessen its
opposition.
M in o rity -o w n e d
b an k s
breathed a little easier last T ues
day afternoon, as across the coun
try they began to realize they
would not lose access to funds
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that serve as the basis of so many
of their loans in the com m unities
they serve.
Mr. Booker said,“the great thing
about saving the BDFAP for inner
cities is that it involved so much
cooperation between so many people
who are often on different sides of
issues. Senator Packwood’s Pam
Pifherand Ms. Hawley and Ms. Styles
cooperated closely. It is just great to
sec that our elected officials, and the
people running the BDFAP in DOE,
recognize the benefits of pulling to
gether on an issue so critical to our
nation’s inner cities.”
Mr. Booker continued, “Many
others in Congress helped saved the
BDFAP funds for minority commu
nities. I can’t name them all, but I
would like to personally thank some
who I know helped accomplish this
legislation: Senate Republican Leader
Bob Dole and his Legislative Direc
tor, Greg Schnacke; Denise Ramones
on Senator Domenici’s staff; Senator
D’Amato from New York and his
staff member Becky Chapm an;
Marly and Congressman Albvi t Wynn
and James Ballentine, his Legislative
Director; Michigan Congressman
John Conyers and his staff member
Katherine Moore. Minority commu
nities should be very grateful to these
public servants and the many others
who contributed to preserving the
BDFAP.”
Mr. Booker also expressed thanks
to the Treasury for modifying its po
sition.
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Give yourself a present - volun
teer and make a difference
Metro Crisis Line is recruiting
volunteers to staff its 24-hour tele
phone crisis intervention and infor
mation referral hot line. The agency
needs volunteers for daytime,evening,
and weekend shifts.
Winter training classes begin
Monday, January 24, 1994. Metro
provides 52 hours of training for its
volunteers. Volunteers accepted into
the program arc asked to make a one-
year commitment to work one four-
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nity C ollege, has approved this
program for Continuing Educa
tion o f health care professionals.
Several health care professions are
also in the Process of evaluating
and certifying the program at this
time. Another program . Surviv
ing Holiday Stress, a once-a-year
holiday event, will be sponsored
by PCC at the Ross Island Campus
on Decem bet 9, 1993. A special
appearance by Dr. Lendon Smith
will be featured.
Where does the program go from
here? “Well, several Oregon Health
Plan supporters have suggested that I
call Hillary (Clinton), says Gamble.
“ It’s a wonderful idea, but I doubt she
would have time for me," he laughs.
Gamble’s program shows defi
nite m erit in reducing overall
health care and expensive m edi
cal costs, one of the primary goals
o f the Clinton plan. In a town hall
m eeting, U.S. Representative Ron
Wyden was heard to say, “The new
health care plan, to be successful,
must focus on (1) prevention, (2) edu
cation, and (3) better utilization of
alternative methods.”
Senators Deliver
For North/Northeast Portland
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contract with Kaiser Aluminum and
Chemical Corporation in Spokane,
Washington, which was managed by
Gamble. The results of that program
were marked by a 40% reduction in
injuries and a 50% reduction of over
all workers’ compensation costs.
At present, a number of local
companies refer difficult injury and
recovery cases to the program. How
ever, some have decided to use the
program in a pro-active fashion as
part of theirCorporate Wellness, Con
tinuing Education, or Employee As
sistance Programs.
M ed ical and C h iro p ra c tic
P h y sicians have both referred
chronic patients to this special
ized recovery program with suc
cessful results. Dr. Robert Kohnle,
a health care provider for over 16
years, states, “ I can provide the
best treatm ent, and obtain the best
recovery results, when the mind/
body/system is ready to fully par
ticipate in the healing process.
This program allow s the best
chance for that process to take
place.”
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