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Articles to Help You Find Pain Relief
Do you suffer from acute or chronic back pain, neck pain, fibromyalgia, neuropathy, migraine or tension headaches, arthritis, CRPS, traumatic injury or other acute or chronic pain condition? Read these informative articles to learn about the safest and most effective ways to find pain relief or even become pain free. Our articles include essential information about well-known but underrated therapies such as chiropractic, nutrition and exercise as well as lesser known therapies like biofeedback, homeopathy, and cold laser. Boost your knowledge about alternative pain treatments so you can have less pain and a better quality of life starting today!
Medical Marijuana or CBD Oil for Chronic Pain?
Medical marijuana is now legal in 33 states and the District of Columbia. Hemp-derived CBD oil is now legal at the federal level and legal in all but three states—Idaho, Nebraska and South Dakota. Both marijuana and CBD (cannabidiol) oil have been reported to be effective for pain relief. If you’re one of the ...Read More
More Opioids, More People in Pain
A recent study that examined long term trends in opioid use and incidence of pain found that as opioid use increased, so did the number of people in pain. The study found that over an 18 year period from 1997 to 2014 the number of U.S. adults suffering from at least one painful condition ...Read More
Home Treatment of Low Back Pain, Neck Pain, Fibromyalgia and More
One of the worst emotions pain patients can feel is helplessness. In the face of severe pain, when the medications don’t work, don’t do enough or cause intolerable side effects, patients can feel helpless to ease their suffering. And helplessness leads to hopelessness and fear, which creates more pain. I know this because I have ...Read More
My Story: Why I’m So Passionate About Alternative Pain Treatments
A version of this article was published first on the National Pain Report From young, healthy and active to disabled In 1977, I was 25 years old and attending graduate school, working towards a master’s degree in social work. I was healthy and active and I enjoyed bicycling long distances and hiking. I started running ...Read More
Don’t Agonize, Mobilize for Pain Relief
Pain patients are really in trouble Are you a pain patient who has depended on opioids for pain relief, only to have your doctor cut you off or drastically cut your dose? Did your doctor do it abruptly, throwing you into horrific opioid withdrawal? Without offering any other strategies for pain relief? If so, are ...Read More
Three Plants That Could Replace Opioids in Pain Treatment
Opioids come with benefits and risks Opium. Heroin. Morphine. Methadone. Oxycodone. Hydrocodone. These substances, known as opioids, help many achieve pain relief. They also come with risks, the best known of which are addiction and overdose. Other risks include increased falls in the elderly, reduced immunity, and an increase in auto accidents. There are many ...Read More
The Pain Management Best Practices Draft Report
Yet another report has been released by the federal government about the treatment of chronic pain. Due to continuing concern about the escalation of the opioid addiction and overdose crisis, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Pain Mangement Best Practices Task Force was established. Their assignment was to propose updates to best practices ...Read More
101+ Ways To Heal Pain Naturally
Chronic pain patients often lose hope. Their physicians often have little to offer beyond prescription drugs and invasive procedures, and often these don’t help, don’t help enough or have unacceptable risks or side effects. Doctors know little about how to heal pain naturally. There’s a world of options out there that most pain patients never ...Read More
