Alternative Medicine, Arthritis, Back and Neck, Blog, Chronic Back Pain, In the News, Medical Innovations, Top Pain Reliefs
This story was originally published by A Beautiful Perspective. Read more from ABP’s current TOUCH Issue. We don’t stop at the skin. With the practice of Healing Touch, hospitals are exploring the medicinal power of human contact and converting skeptics into...
Alternative Medicine, Medical Innovations, Recent Posts, Top Pain Reliefs
Over 25 million adults live with chronic pain in America. The availability and easy access to NSAIDs make them a tempting source of relief, especially when people have to manage pain during a long commute each day. However, NSAIDs simply mask pain, rather than...
Blog, Medical Innovations, Pain Procedures, Top Pain Reliefs
Excruciating pain running up and down her spine overwhelmed Kaye Gagnon, a day after a texting driver hit her car. Six months later, pain all around Kaye’s hip region hadn’t eased. She couldn’t stand, sit, or lay down on the floor for more than 15 minutes at a time....
Celebrity Stories, In the News, Medical Innovations, Medications, Radio Shows, Top Pain Reliefs
Imagine having a throbbing headache for 3 days, or severe back pain that immobilizes you, or even a broken bone from tripping and falling on the ice. Where do you go for relief? Most of the time, we go to the emergency room. Our guests are two experienced emergency...
Alternative Medicine, Blog, In the News, Medical Innovations, Recent Posts, Top Pain Reliefs
The excruciating pain of having a burn wound cleaned can make you wish that you could be anywhere else—as far away as possible. An arctic snowscape, perhaps. With immersive virtual reality (VR), that option is transcending the hypothetical. Immersed in a VR world...
Back and Neck, Chronic Back Pain, In the News, Medical Innovations, Nerve Pain, Pain Procedures, Radio Shows
Electrical stimulation of single nerves that cause pain, called peripheral nerve stimulation offers a way to control pain without accessing the spinal cord. A new device called StimRouter is minimally invasive, and designed for patients with certain kinds of...
