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Complementary
therapies, 19.8
Nutrirional Other, 10.5
supplements/diet, 31.4
Medical acupuncture, 7.7
Physiotherapy, 10.5
Chronic Pain Australia surveyed people on how they managed
their pain. The figure shows the percentage of respondents who
Thinking Medication,
selected each category. Multiple categories could be selected. It can be strategies, 54.1 78.6
seen that medication is the most commonly used pain management
strategy at 78.6%, followed by lifestyle strategies (61.4%) and the
Lifestyle
thinking strategies (54.1%). More than a third of respondents used strategies, 61.4
physiotherapy for pain management, with almost a third using nutritional
supplements and/or diet (31.4%). Twenty-four percent of respondents indicated
they used a combination of all the methods listed. iii

The Australian Pain Management Association suggests medicine is one
part of the picture and works best when combined with physical therapy
iv
and cognitive therapy.