29 min

Better Sleep, Less Pain - an Interview with Dr. Heather Martarella Navigating Pain

    • Medicine

Do you know that you can reduce your chronic pain by sleeping a few more hours? Dr. Martarella shares the research on sleep and pain, and a few practical tips. How to falling asleep faster and what to do when you wake up in the middle of the night.

After an adventure accident and ongoing pain, Dr. Martarella shifted her specialty to work exclusively with patients with chronic pain. She has since served as the Director of Compass Center for Functional Restoration at Sacramento Pain Clinic, an interdisciplinary program for patients with chronic pain resulting from work related injuries. She currently teaches a pain management skills course and provides individual pain recovery treatment sessions at a Kaiser Permanente Pain Management department in California.

Do you know that you can reduce your chronic pain by sleeping a few more hours? Dr. Martarella shares the research on sleep and pain, and a few practical tips. How to falling asleep faster and what to do when you wake up in the middle of the night.

After an adventure accident and ongoing pain, Dr. Martarella shifted her specialty to work exclusively with patients with chronic pain. She has since served as the Director of Compass Center for Functional Restoration at Sacramento Pain Clinic, an interdisciplinary program for patients with chronic pain resulting from work related injuries. She currently teaches a pain management skills course and provides individual pain recovery treatment sessions at a Kaiser Permanente Pain Management department in California.

29 min