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When you have pain, there's nothing you want more than relief, right now. For many that means reaching for a bottle of pills from the medicine cabinet. You may be surprised to learn there are other, safer home remedies you can use to get pain relief instead. In many cases, natural pain remedies can offer the same… Continue reading 12 Home Remedies For Pain
Many chronic pain patients tell me how difficult it is to get through the day without treatments that require a therapeutic intervention like physical therapy, massage, and acupuncture. Or space, time, and equipment are needed for options like Tai Chi, yoga, and exercise. They want techniques that can be done anytime, anywhere. Here’s a quick… Continue reading 20 Ways to Lessen Pain in the Middle of a Busy Day
Chronic pain is an intractable problem affecting up to a third of the U.S. population. It costs the U.S. more than 600 billion dollars in medical interventions and lost work time, has fueled and cost the lives of far too may souls from the opioid epidemic and impacts the health and welfare of everyone it… Continue reading Retraining the Brain
Acupuncture has become a popular alternative treatment for chronic pain. It’s a traditional Chinese practice dating back over 3,000 years ago. It was described by a European doctor, Ten Rhijne, in the 1600’s when he worked for the East India Company and first used in the U.S. in the 1950’s as a treatment for a… Continue reading Electroacupuncture
The last few posts have discussed where pain is located in the brain and how close it is to other inputs such as touch, sensation, temperature regulation, and spatial awareness. That’s why we can “trick” or distract the brain and lessen pain. Studies have also shown physical and emotional pain share similar pathways. The brain… Continue reading Anger and Pain