Ep. 55: Trauma-informed care with Sarah Wenger

Sarah Wenger, PT, DPT, OCS, FNAP is an associate clinical professor at Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions. She has published and presented on different topics related to her areas of expertise in chronic pain, underserved populations, clinical reasoning and interprofessional care.

In our conversation, we discussed what trauma-informed care is, the principles behind it, what trauma is, how trauma affects chronic pain, what physical therapists can do in their patient care being trauma-informed and how we can integrate it in our practice. She also shared strategies to tell patient about the realities of chronic pain. Let dig in!