Which element is included in PIPT?

• A. Pharmacological management
• B. Pain education
• C. Surgical interventions
• D. Immunotherapy

Answer: (B)

Pain education is included because psychologically informed physical therapy centers on helping patients understand how pain works and how thoughts, emotions, and beliefs influence pain and function. Teaching about pain physiology, the distinction between tissue damage and pain experience, and how the nervous system can amplify pain equips patients to engage in active coping strategies, reduces fear and catastrophizing, and supports graded activity and self-management. Medical interventions like medications, surgery, or immunotherapies aren’t the focus of this approach, which is why they aren’t treated as core components of PIPT.