This article is in our series featuring pain management techniques to help you decrease and cope with pain. It’s your at-home pain management class!

Most people report that stress increases their pain levels. So it’s important to both prevent and decrease stress. This article invites you to pick 1 stress management technique to try. Why pick just 1? You’ll have more success if you change 1 thing at a time.

Pick a specific way to decrease your stress.

Your assignment: Pick 1 stress management skill you’d like to work on. Fill in the worksheet and practice this skill this week (click the above link to get to the worksheet).