Avoiding pain is an anti-goal. There is starting to be good evidence that aggressive pain management with a goal of having patients feel no pain is linked heavi

Avoiding pain is an anti-goal. There is starting to be good evidence that aggressive pain management with a goal of having patients feel no pain is linked heavily to opiod overprescriptions (which become fent users). That doesn't mean the answer is no pain medicine. You should try to keep pain in a bearable, functioning range.