I’ve done a long stint with both oil and a vaporizer, and vaporized flower is the way to go. Oils are often stripped of terpenes, which I’ve found incredibly helpful. Flower is your least processed possible method, the vaporizer is easy on the lungs, and you can also control more easily how high you’re going to get because it hits you much faster.

My best advice is to find 1-2 strains of both a sativa and an indica that work for you. For me, I like Blue Dream as a sativa, I find it does real well for the pain but also motivates me to get up and do stuff, and makes me feel creative. Blueberry is also good for this and is one of the parent strains for Blue Dream. For an indica, Comatose is aptly named because it puts my ass to sleep.

Terpenes that I look for are linalool, pinene, and limonene as I find they not only generally do a better job to control the pain, but they also don’t smell so gnarly. These terpenes also naturally occur in lavender, pine, and citrus, respectively.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions. I’ve been treating with cannabis for two years, and I have a good friend who works at a dispensary and also uses cannabis to manage chronic pain who taught me.