Pain Management: Treatments

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  • Guided Imagery

    06/27/07, Healthwise

    Guided imagery is a program of directed thoughts and suggestions that guide your imagination toward a relaxed, focused state. You can use an instructor, tapes, or scripts to help you through this process.

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  • Chronic Pain - Treatment Overview

    01/20/09, Healthwise

    Treating chronic pain can be challenging. Often the reason for the pain is not clear, and it may take several types or combinations of treatments before you find relief. When treatment is started, some people may have increased pain b

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  • Neck Pain - Treatment Overview

    08/21/08, Healthwise

    Treatment for neck pain consists of reducing the pain with ice and medicine, improving neck movement and flexibility with exercises or physical therapy, and avoiding further neck injury by changing activities and body mechanics, such

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  • Acetaminophen, caffeine, and phenyltoloxamine

    05/15/06, Healthwise

    Do not use this medication for longer than 10 days unless your doctor has told you to.

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  • Nerve block for pain relief

    10/30/07, Healthwise

    A nerve block relieves pain by interrupting how pain signals are sent to your brain. It is done by injecting a substance, such as alcohol or phenol, into or around a nerve or into the spine.

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  • Bodywork and Manual Therapy

    06/27/07, Healthwise

    Bodywork and manual therapy are general terms that refer to body manipulation therapies used for relaxation and pain relief. Massage and chiropractic are well-known forms of manual therapy.

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  • Chiropractic

    06/27/07, Healthwise

    Chiropractic is a hands-on therapy based on the theory that subluxations in the spine may cause many medical disorders (especially disorders of the nervous system). Chiropractic medicine originated in the late 1800s in the United Stat

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  • Painkillers and High Blood Pressure

    11/12/05, Johns Hopkins University

    Patients and doctors alike seem to have their backs against the wall when it comes to the treatment of chronic pain. The nonsteroidal…

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  • Managing Your Nerve Pain

    03/21/08, Johns Hopkins University

    Most often, tests might not clearly identify a cause for your pain. And even when they do, it can take some time before the pain is brought under…

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  • Chronic Pain - Surgery

    01/20/09, Healthwise

    Surgery is not often used to treat chronic pain. The decision to have surgery depends on your condition and the cause of your pain. Surgery is usually considered only after other treatments have failed or if it is considered medically nec

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