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Category Archives: Pain Management

Dry needling a treatment alternative to steroid injection for hip pain: Study

Hip pain can be very restricting in our day to day life, often leading us to seek treatment in the form of medication. While the use of painkillers is effective, another method is a cortisone (steroid) injection, which provides almost instant relief due to its superior anti-inflammatory properties. The use of steroid injections is not ...click here to read more

Fibromyalgia treatment: How music therapy can reduce fibromyalgia pain, depression, anxiety, and improve sleep

In fibromyalgia patients, music therapy can reduce pain, depression, anxiety, and improve sleep. The findings come from researchers at the University of Granada who found that music therapy combined with relaxation techniques can help improve many areas in the lives of fibromyalgia patients. With improved depression, anxiety, sleep, and reduced pain, a patient’s quality of life can greatly improve. Study participants ...click here to read more

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Placebo and valium treat acute lower back pain equally

New research from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Health System has shown that when it comes to treating new-onset acute lower back pain, a placebo works just as well as diazepam (Valium). This conclusion was reached after emergency room patients who were treated with either a combination of naproxen—a nonsteroidal inflammatory drug—and diazepam or ...click here to read more

How to properly diagnose lower back pain

Although you feel pain in your lower back, the origin of that pain may begin in the groin, thighs, knee, or buttocks. Unfortunately, determining the origin of pain can be a difficult task for many doctors, as symptoms can greatly overlap. For this reason, a new article was published in the Journal of the American ...click here to read more

Common drugs for back pain may not be effective

The side effects may outweigh the pain relief provided by common medications used to treat back pain, according to researchers. The review was conducted by The George Institute for Global Health and found that just one in every six patients treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs experiences any significant pain relief. Drugs like ibuprofen and paracetamol ...click here to read more

Prescription pain relievers may increase heart attack risk

Commonly used and prescribed pain relievers could increase your risk of heart attack if they are taken while you have a cold or flu-like sickness. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, can be prescribed to reduce the symptoms associated with acute respiratory infections, but the findings of a recent study show that using these medications while ...click here to read more

Acupuncture increases effect of medical care for chronic pain, depression

A recent report published in the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Journals Library has revealed that acupuncture increases the effectiveness of standard medical care provided for chronic pain and depression. Studies reviewing the use of acupuncture in addition to standard medical care for both conditions found improvements when compared to normal medical care alone. ...click here to read more