Pain and Sleep: Strategies to Improve an Important Relationship

Dr. Manoj Jagtiani, DO. I presented “Pain and Sleep: Strategies to Improve an Important Relationship” for the Pain Science Lecture Series. The presentation covered the physiology of sleep, factors that affect and improve it, sleep disorders such as insomnia and their association with chronic pain, the importance of restorative sleep and coping, and finally, an overview of pharmacological options for insomnia in intractable pain patients.