Alternative Treatments
When treating chronic pain, alternative treatments play an important role and work together cohesively with other medical treatments. Along with conventional treatments, your pain physician may suggest chiropractic treatments, acupuncture, biofeedback, or physical therapy.
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27 July 2011
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT) are enzymes produced by a type of bacteria (Clostridium botulinum). They are considered the most potent biological toxins that can affect humans1.
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18 July 2011
Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) consist of systems, practices and products that are an alternative to the “standard of care” as defined by conventional medical practice in the US1, 3. Broken down further, “alternative” refers to the replacement of conventional medicine with non-conventional medicine, while “complementary” and “integrative” refers to the use of non-conventional medicine in conjunction with conventional medicine2, 3.
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18 July 2011
Active Release Techniques® (ART) is a popular, patented system of manual therapeutic maneuvers designed to treat soft tissue injuries including muscles, tendons, ligaments and nerves1, 2, 3, 7. This system is touted to offer relief for headaches, back pain, joint problems and more. To date, however, evidence supporting therapeutic benefit is limited to small case studies and subjective expert opinion amongst chiropractors and other musculoskeletal practitioners1, 2, 3, 7.
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06 July 2011
Back pain is extremely common; it is estimated that as many as 70% of the population will experience this type of pain at some time in their lives1. Further, half of all working Americans admit to having back pain symptoms each year2, and back pain is the second most common reason for visits to the doctor’s office, outnumbered only by upper-respiratory infections3.
22 December 2010
For those suffering from neuropathic pain, or pain due to damage to the nervous system, the options for treatment are limited. Neuropathic pain may include damage to the nerve fibers or tissues, and is often characterized by a pain that is burning in nature, and may include a numb or tingling sensation. Neuropathic pain has no overall determinable cause, but has been seen to be linked to shingles, chemotherapy, and diabetes. The condition post-herpetic neuralgia (caused by shingles) is somewhat common among older individuals.
