Pain Management

By Amanda Gardner, Health.com August 30, 2010 ( Health.com ) -- People with chronic pain who aren't getting enough relief from medications may be able to ease their pain by smoking small amounts of marijuana, a new study suggests. ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2010-08-31 11:31 - 0 comments

Tue Feb 6, 2007 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sleeping with a neck support pillow and doing neck exercises can help ease chronic neck pain, Canadian researchers report. "Our results indicate that subjects with chronic neck pain should ...

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Tue Feb 6, 2007 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sleeping with a neck support pillow and doing neck exercises can help ease chronic neck pain, Canadian researchers report. "Our results indicate that subjects with chronic neck pain should ...

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Fri Mar 10, 2006 By Karla Gale NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An experimental "Pain Medication Appropriateness Scale" (PMAS) appears to be a useful tool for assessing the suitability of prescribing practices in nursing homes and for ...

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By Timothy Schwaiger, MA, NMD "The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm." - Samuel Johnson Every person ...

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By Susan Kelly CHICAGO (Reuters) - Medical device makers are battling in the fast-growing market for implantable systems that manage debilitating pain in patients for whom medical alternatives, such as drugs or spine surgery, have failed. The ...

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Pain is produced by the body as part of an overall plan for survival. Pain is nature’s way of setting off an alarm. When it sounds, it means that something is trying to steal your health. It means something is tampering with your correct body ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with chronic pain disorders, such as fibromyalgia, appear to have abnormalities in the self-monitoring mechanism that allows the discrimination of internally produced versus externally produced stimuli, new ...

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Mon Jan 3, 2005 By Anthony J. Brown, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers have identified three variations of a gene called COMT that influence sensitivity to pain and the risk of developing a chronic pain condition. These findings ...

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Some diseases can cause back pain and are likely to need long-term treatment and care. But they are far less common than minor damage to the back's muscles and ligaments. It's a good idea to visit your doctor for a check-up if your back pain ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2004-11-15 12:19 - 0 comments

Disc problems People who have a back problem often talk about having a 'slipped disc'. But disc problems are actually not common - and are never because the disc has 'slipped'. It has usually torn and become distorted ...

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It can be very difficult - even for doctors - to work out the exact cause of back pain. It is unlikely that it is serious, but if your pain does not improve quickly, or it keeps on coming back, you should go to see your doctor. They will be able to check ...

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The best way to tackle back pain is to avoid it in the first place. For most people, keeping up the right sort of exercise and avoiding the habits which are bad for your back are the key. Keeping fit Your body must stay active to be healthy. If your ...

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Most back pain is caused not by serious damage or disease but by sprains, strains and minor injury. This is often called 'simple back pain' by doctors. Although the pain often comes suddenly and one particular movement can trigger it off, ...

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Your spine is made of 24 bone blocks called vertebrae, stacked on top of each other, resting on the wide basin of the pelvis (your hips) and topped by the skull. Sandwiched between each vertebra are spongy but tough cushions called discs, which act as ...

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Aug. 20, 2004  In response to a growing chorus of complaints from pain patients and the doctors who treat them, who say that heavy-handed drug law enforcement is leaving patients in pain and innocent doctors behind bars, the Drug ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cross-country skiers may find back-pain relief at the ballet barre, a small study suggests. Swedish researchers found that three months of dance classes before the skiing season improved flexibility and range of ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2004-04-30 11:28 - 0 comments

ProHealthNetwork.com 03-01-2004 The nutritional supplement glucosamine boosts the pain-relieving power of ibuprofen, according to a new study by Temple University researchers. This new drug combination could one day allow patients to take a ...

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by Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O. What is Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome? Tarsal tunnel syndrome is an entrapment neuropathy (pressure on nerve) of the tibial nerve as it courses through the inside aspect of the foot and ankle. Common ...

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03-01-2004 The nutritional supplement glucosamine boosts the pain-relieving power of ibuprofen, according to a new study by Temple University researchers. This new drug combination could one day allow patients to take a lower dose of ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2004-03-11 13:53 - 0 comments

by Ross Hauser, M.D. There is an epidemic of people suffering from chronic pain. We believe part of the reason is incorrect diagnosis. Very seldom do we find that arthritis itself, is the cause of the pain in sufferers. It is estimated that 15% of ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2004-02-20 01:52 - 0 comments

LONDON, England (AP) -- Scandinavian scientists announced Tuesday that they have called off a study of the effects of hormone replacement therapy for women with a history of breast cancer because early results showed an "unacceptably ...

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By Salynn Boyles Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD  December 10, 2003 Dec. 10, 2003 -- There is new evidence that small amounts of unprotected sun exposure could be good for you. Earlier studies have linked vitamin ...

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Mon January 26, 2004 CHICAGO (Reuters) - One out of five patients at an urban U.S. hospital experienced pain they felt should have been relieved, according to a three-year study released on Monday. "We found that patients ... carry a heavy pain ...

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Pain Relief Network: "Standing up for patients in pain, and the physicians who treat them."  The Pain Relief Network http://www.painreliefnetwork.org   Q. What is chronic pain? A. Chronic pain is a progressive disease state ...

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"Standing up for patients in pain, and the physicians who treat them." "The Founding Fathers wisely limited federal power, recognizing that a concentration of power at the federal level will lead to abuses. Our nations' failure to ...

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Mon Jan 26, 2004 CHICAGO (Reuters) - One out of five patients at an urban U.S. hospital experienced pain they felt should have been relieved, according to a three-year study released on Monday. "We found that patients ... carry a heavy pain ...

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Mon Jan 19, 2004 By Merritt McKinney NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A treatment approach that uses graded activity and teaches people with low back pain that they can function in spite of their pain reduces the number of days missed from work, ...

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by Marc Kaufmam December 29, 2003 Jay Steffler spent more than eight years in pain and in bed after a hospital accident that left him with a rare ailment called reflex sympathetic dystrophy. With many of his nerve endings constantly firing, ...

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We certainly cannot succeed as a culture by continuing to deny and ignore pain, as if we could silence it beneath a mountain of pills." David Morris, The Culture of Pain An individual who is suffering pain must be seen as a multifaceted, ...

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