Complementary techniques

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY:

Our patients have a variety of techniques at their disposal to gain greater control over pain and allow them to continue living with greater well-being and quality of life. The technique is selected based on the initial assessment, taking into account the patient's characteristics, their needs, and their condition at the start of treatment.

• Psychoeducation
• Respiratory retraining
• Relaxation techniques: progressive muscle relaxation, autogenic relaxation. Visualisation.
• Mindfulness (full awareness)
• Stress management
• Cognitive and emotional restructuring (managing thoughts and emotions)
• Communication and assertiveness techniques
• Biofeedback

What is biofeedback?

Biofeedback techniques are therapeutic procedures that use electromedical instruments to measure objective and immediate data on your psychophysiological activity (temperature, muscle tension, perspiration, breathing).

Through visual and auditory signals, you will be able to recognise them and learn how to modify them. This will enable you to identify warning signs and prevent your stress levels from rising, thereby increasing the pain.

This will provide you with tools for greater control over the mind-body connection and enable you to enjoy greater wellbeing.

REHABILITATION

Adequate pain control is an important requirement for the implementation of a rehabilitation programme, and this will be observed later in patient functionality. Physical rehabilitation may consist of:

• Electrostimulation
• Physiotherapy
• Occupational therapy
• Exercise therapy

NUTRITION

In addition to conventional treatment, the Aliaga Institute provides our patients a new holistic treatment service that encompasses multiple complementary therapies.

We have always been committed to a multidisciplinary approach that includes nutrition and supplementation.

Nutrition, considered as another tool in the multidisciplinary treatment of chronic pain, contributes to even greater improvement in people who suffer from it. The relationship between chronic pain and nutrition is very complex and works both ways, which is why it requires a completely individualised approach, always based on an anti-inflammatory diet. On the one hand, diet affects the intensity and progression of pain. The adjusted calorie content, abundance of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrients, and presence of fibre are protective elements, while sugars and certain fats are nutrients that should be controlled due to their negative effects. At the same time, chronic pain also affects the patient’s diet, metabolism and nutritional status. Therefore, understanding the relationships between these factors and balancing them contributes to dietary improvements that help patients feel better.