Pain Management and Chronic Pain - Original Articles

The Top 3 Topical Pain Relief Treatments

Is anything more soothing for sore muscles and tender joints than heat and massage? That s the attraction for most topical pain relief creams, but do any of them really work? With so many on the market, what s the best one to buy?

Realign and Remedy Your Body with this Therapeutic Experience

This intense therapeutic experience manipulates your fascia, the connective tissue around muscles, to restructure your physique.

How to Choose the Proper Pain Medication

Choosing pain medication is challenging considering the dizzying array of options available. How do you know which one choose? That depends on what type of pain you re treating and your individual health profile.

5 Tips for Coping With Pain During the Holidays

Our 5 tried-and-true tips will keep recurring or chronic pain from ruining your holidays so you can ring in the season with true holiday spirit.

How to Combat Thumb Arthritis

Why do some people get arthritis of the thumb and how can you manage this condition?

The Difference between Acute, Chronic, and Recurring Pain

Do you know the difference between chronic and recurring pain? If not, learning more about these very different pain conditions may make a big difference in how you eliminate pain from your life.

20 Tips for Controlling Fibromyalgia at Night

It's difficult to sleep because of pain, depression and anxiety and lack of sleep makes symptoms worse. What s the solution? We have twenty tips for getting the sleep you need when you have fibromyalgia.

Multiple Medications Danger Zone

Increases in accidental overdoses of over-the-counter, prescription, and illegal drugs are one of the fastest-rising causes of accidental death in the U.S.

Cortisone Injections for Tendonitis: A Good Idea?

Most people experience almost immediate pain relief from cortisone shots. But does it really solve the problem that caused the pain in the first place?

Is the Cold Weather Making You Stiff?

If you're among those who can feel the weather in your bones via stiff, achy joints, here's what you need to know about what may (or may not) be causing it and what you can do to loosen up.

How Anxiety Affects Your Pain Symptoms

Many patients report pain several months or more after having surgery and scientists are developing clues as to why. Several studies have focused on understanding the interlinking roles of genetics, anxiety and pain.

Exercises for Back Pain: The Good and The Bad

Exercise is key to healing your current backache and preventing the next one. Some types of exercise, however, are bad news for backs. Others are just what the doctor ordered.

Can Anger Increase Your Pain?

As if anger and sadness weren't tough enough, new studies indicate they may be even tougher on women with chronic pain, particularly fibromyalgia.

Vitamin D for Back Pain

Could taking a vitamin be the cure for your aching back? It might be if you are among the millions of Americans who are vitamin D deficient. Studies show that patients with chronic back pain, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis are very frequently also low on vitamin D.

10 Ways to Prevent Joint Stress

If you have pain in your joints, hear popping or creaking sounds when you move, or feel stiff after sitting for a while, your joints may be under too much stress.

Palliative Cancer Care versus Hospice Cancer Care

You may be familiar with hospice, which supports people with life-limiting illnesses. However, you may not be as familiar with palliative care, a related concept that is invaluable to people with cancer or other serious illnesses.

Are You Suffering from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome?

Normally, when someone gets injured, time heals the wounds and pain goes away. But patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSD), don't heal that way. Instead, their pain gets worse instead of better and may even spread beyond the injured area.

Gender Roles in Pain Medication Abuse

New research has now determined that men and women misuse pain medication differently.

Preoperative Do's and Don'ts

Your surgeon will instruct you on a list of do s and don ts to help you get ready and minimize risks. Some surgeries have very specific instructions and your surgeon will make sure you know what to do. Many, however, include these general instructions.

Should You See an Orthopedic Surgeon?

How do you know if it's time to visit an orthopedic surgeon? Well, you may want to consider scheduling an appointment if you have pain that won't let up, diminished function, or any deformity of your musculoskeletal system.

Tai Chi for Fibromyalgia

Traditional medical doctors are now looking to ancient Chinese martial arts to help battle fibromyalgia. That s because new research shows that practicing Tai Chi can be a powerful way to conquer this mysterious and sometimes debilitating condition.

Pain Relievers and Cancer Risk

Is it possible that certain widely-used pain relievers may have a role in cancer prevention and treatment?

Exercise Safely for Back Pain Relief

What are the do's and don'ts for back pain exercises? We have ten tips that break them down, without breaking your back.

What's Causing Your Foot Pain?

When your heels hurt, your arches ache or your toes are tender, it s hard to put your best foot forward. Fixing foot pain starts with determining what s causing it.

5 Daily Habits to Reduce Pain

If pain is part of your daily life, you're not alone and you're not helpless. Millions of people who suffer from arthritis, migraines, fibromyalgia, back pain and other chronic pain conditions live with some level of pain every day.

The 4 Best Supplements for Fibromyalgia

There are many ways to approach chronic conditions like fibromyalgia. Many patients find relief with complimentary and alternative practices including Chinese herbal medicine and vitamin supplements.

5 Steps to Prevent Foot Pain

Nothing spoils your day faster than aching feet. Happy feet, however, create a foundation for well-being from the ground up. We ve got five tips for keeping your feet in tip-top shape and pain-free.

Nerve Pain at Night

If nerve pain from diabetes is keeping you up, here's how to cope.

Do You Have Tender Points?

Tender points are the telltale sign that often leads to a Fibromyalgia diagnosis. But what are tender points and how do you know if you have them? Find out here.

Can Meditation Reduce Pain Symptoms?

No longer considered a fringe practice, meditation has found its way into science labs and medical practice because of its proven results in reducing pain.
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