Admin | November 13, 2008
Back pain is very common and affects 4 in every 5 people. Most of us will experience some type of back pain in our lifetime and as you may know it ’s not a pleasant feeling. It ’s one of the most common problems why people seek medical care and it costs the US alone, [...]
Admin | November 13, 2008
In a previous article, we talked about two simple breathing tips to reduce your pain. Did you keep notes on how you felt after using the two previous breathing techniques? You should be noticing an improvement.
Yes, the exercises are very simple and very short. However, you can always extend the time you do them. For [...]
Admin | November 1, 2008
Pain is common to most of us. It is something we all get used to from an early age. It does its job marvellously in teaching us instantly about the world to protect us from harm.
What It Means
Due to its very nature we tend to consider it as bad or something to be avoided. The [...]
Admin | November 1, 2008
For some people, the thought of pain relief means grabbing a bottle of aspirin or over-the-counter pain reliever and taking pills. But here are five methods of pain relief that don’t involve narcotics or pain killers that can cause damage to the stomach or liver.
One of the simplest ways to reduce pain is to chill [...]
Admin | November 1, 2008
The Gate Control Theory was initially proposed in 1965 by Melzack and Wall based on the fact that small diameter nerve fibres carry pain stimuli through a ‘gate mechanism’ but larger diameter nerve fibres going through the same gate can inhibit the transmission of the smaller nerves carrying the pain signal. Chemicals released as [...]
Admin | November 1, 2008
Many people suffer from different types of arthritis pain. Most suffer from osteoarthritis and others suffer from rheumatoid arthritis also known as R.A. There are over 100 types of arthritis that people suffer from each and every day
