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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28 July 2010
Acupuncture has been used to prevent and treat diseases for more than 3,000 years1. When practiced by a certified provider, acupuncture is safe, and patients often find it calming and relaxing2.
28 July 2010
End of life pain and end of life care are sensitive topics. Often, when a person is at the end of their life, they are in debilitating, excruciating pain, and their families and loved ones are at a loss for what to do to make their last days comfortable and peaceful. Not only is it psychologically and physically unbearable for the sufferer, their families and loved ones often feel the psychological strain of watching their loved one pass in intense pain.
26 July 2010
When seeking a pain management physician, it is often advantageous to find one that practices in a multidisciplinary and multimodal manner. These physicians can offer their patients more options and can provide them with an array of services, allowing an individualized treatment plan to be created.
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21 July 2010
The use of electricity for pain relief dates back to ancient Greece, when physician and pharmacologist Scribonius Largus recorded the use of electrical fish on his patients. Since ancient Greece, the technology has improved greatly, and today, electricity is used in medicine quite often.
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20 May 2010
Acupuncture is an ages-old technique involving very fine, sterile single use needles inserted in acupuncture points strategic to a patient’s pain. According to Raj’s (2008) Practical Pain Management, there are over 365 identifiable acupuncture points in the human body. Acupuncture is simple, the treatment time is short, and it is a non-pharmacological option that has produced results for many people.
