To treat the chronic pain, there are some methods that are often use to relief the suffering. The treatment can go from the prescription medications that are given by physician, over the counter medicine that can be bought from ordinary drug store, to the alternative treatment such as acupuncture or other pain management treatments that are use more natural products and methods.
But, people need to know that there are no single methods from the pain management treatment that can become magic potion that can cure everything. It would be wise to combine several treatment methods to improve the chronic pain treatment to become more effective.
Over the counter drugs, usually are quite effective to help people who are suffering from mild to moderate pain. There are also some topical creams that are available as external medication that is applied on the skin. This medication can relieve mild pain, from the most common muscle cramps to arthritis.
These creams will become a good choice for people which do not like to consume pills, although the creams might not as strong as oral medication. But in many cases, these creams can help well enough to reduce the pain, and there are no bad digestion side effects such as make the stomach upset or causing diarrhea.
But to counter more severe pain, these creams would not be enough to relief the pain. When this situation happens, people must really need to consult with their doctors to provide them with the necessary treatment.
The doctors will be able to prescribe more effective and stronger pain relieving medicine. Some medicines such as Oxycontin or Hydrocodone are quite effective to relieve the pain, but long consumption of these drugs can lead to addiction.
If necessary, doctors can also recommend physical therapy, especially the pain is caused by physical injury. Physical therapists could help the patients to overcome several types pain that are related illness like sport injuries, joint, spine, back or neck pain and many other. In severe cases where the physical therapy and prescription drugs are insufficient in handling the chronic pain, the patients might require surgical procedure to treat the chronic pain.
Most patients and their doctors are believed that modern medicines or drugs are the best solution to relieve the pain. But there are many herbalists practitioner who convince that people don’t have to take medications to help them to relieve the pain.
By using alternative methods such as acupuncture, natural or herbal medication, it will provide great help for people who are suffering from chronic pain. In many cases, acupuncture treatment is very effective to treat and reduce the stress. Some people might get scared by the use of acupuncture’s needles. But, if it performs by the experienced and trained professionals, the treatment is not painful at all.
Here are some simple yet helpful habit in dealing with chronic pain:
Increase the Vitamin D consumption. Research have shown that Vitamin D assist our body to develop stronger muscles and bones, and also help in handling chronic pain.
Proper night’s sleep and rest every night. Our body has the ability to heal itself when we are sleeping. By not getting the proper amount of sleep can causing painful conditions.
Proper nutrient and diet. Avoid foods that contain many with bad carbs and sugars, since these type of foods cause inflammation and pain.
For people who have entered the healthcare field are aware that there is special relation that present between our state of mind, thoughts and emotion with the state of our body’s functions. Stressor elements will induce the “fight or flight” action from our bodies.
This is the basic responses that inform our bodies that we will be having an unpleasant experience. This response can protect us from the potential danger that is threatening our health. The way we interpret stressful element and handling it often have direct effect with the function of our immune systems capacity.
These days there have been enough studies which proofed that relaxation method like a meditation technique could have advantages to reduce various health disorders like irritable bowel syndrome, blood pressure, headache problems, back problems, and even can minimize the neurological pain. Relaxation technique can calm the sympathetic nervous system, therefore our bodies will able to heal much easier.
Our mind, thoughts and suggestions regarding to our diseases could affect the body’s auto-immune system that help us in fighting the disease, controlling the pain, and improve the healing process whether in a negative way or in the positive way. So, the real pain that we are experiencing from our disease could feel much stronger by our own responses and thought that we tell ourselves.
Negative thoughts like, “my disease will never get heal and better.” could increase the pain we are experiencing and making things worse. A person that has chronic self-defeating respond such as this have been proofed to change their inner chemical and constricted their blood flow that diminishes their ability to control the pain. The way we respond to our illness whether in conscious or subconscious, could affect our overall health.
Physical sickness can increase by a negative self-defeating thought and thinking. Stress, depression, worry, panic and anxiety are the most common features that related to the physical pain. Is people are able to manages these symptoms effectively; the pain will become less troublesome.
Learning to deal with anticipatory anxiety by responding rationally, or handling the panic, and controlling the depression are great methods to adaptively responding to pain. Here are few cognitive guidelines to control the pain more effectively:
Make a realistic appraisal for your pain and put it in the right perspective. “If the pain is happen, how bad is my condition?”
Fight the disease, not the symptoms. Rather to fight the symptoms, try to accept it to diminish it.
Take some activities to avert your mind from the pain. Immersing yourselves on your pain will only increase the amount of pain. Meditation, music, light exercise and other activities are great activities to advert your mind from the pain.
Search for a multidisciplinary method to handle your problem. Get help from various healthcare specialists such as; experience physician, massage therapist, physical therapist, psychotherapist or other pain management specialist.
Create a good support system from your closest people such as family and friends. There may also some support groups in your community that help people who are suffering from a variety of physical illness.
Have a positive thinking. Remember, what we tell ourselves will affect both of our physical and emotional well-being.
Rotator cuff inflammation problem is often occurs for people who are regularly practicing the resistance training. This problem usually happens because those people are using the dangerous shoulder exercises or movement when performing the workout.
Bench press – This exercise is very popular for building the chest muscle. It is also will shape the triceps and anterior deltoids. But, unfortunately some people have done it in the wrong way where they let the bar down too far so it touches the chest slightly.
This movement will put excessive load to the anterior shoulder capsule. It is also will make the rotator cuff’s soft tissue get compressed. After a while, this movement will cause inflammation to the rotator cuff or even injury where the shoulder cartilage is damage. This could happen to people who have shoulder laxity and people who have experiencing dislocation.
To perform this exercise safely is that the bar only needs to be lowered until the elbow make 90 degrees angle. This will prevent the shoulder joint to move into the dangerous range. This method must also be applied in push-ups.
Lat pull downs – This workout is originally to strengthen the back, but this exercise can cause problem to the rotator cuff if you pull it down behind the head. This way of pulling will make the humerus pinch the rotator cuff and could tear it. This movement also put a lot of stress to the cervical spine.
The safer way to perform lat pull downs is by pulling it down in front of the head. This will eliminate the injury risk for the shoulder while still targeting the back muscle.
Military press – just like the lat pull downs, this exercise also risky is it positioned behind the head. You will give unnecessary stress to your neck. It will be safer to do this workout in front of the head. It will be better to use a bench that has back support to avoid the low back arching.
Dumbbell lateral raise – many people have done this exercise incorrectly such as lifting too much weight and raising the upper arms more than 90 degrees. This will put too much burden for the small rotator cuff muscles.
The safer way to perform this exercise is to maintain the elbows in comfortable degrees around 20 to 30 degrees, and do not lift higher than the shoulder level. This exercise could harm the shoulder and rotator cuff if it performed incorrectly.
In conclusion, good intentions in the exercise movement could end up with pain or injury for your shoulder when you perform it in the wrong way. The rotator cuff and shoulder joint is very delicate against repetitive movement with heavy weight in exercise.
It will slowly become inflamed and impede your exercise movement. Make sure that you fully understand and mastering the right form before adding on the load and you should not force yourself to perform it if you feel any pain, since it will lead to injury and you will have to stop exercising for a while.
Orthotics is a special orthopedic equipment which is use to help people who suffer foot disorders whether in their foot structural, skeletal, mechanical or muscular disorder. It is usually come in the shape of heel cups or special insoles that is attached inside the footwear.
Many orthotics are custom made to match with the certain needs from individual who is going to use it. So, this device will help them to improve their movement when walking.
Orthotics is not only useful for people who have foot disorder. Ordinary people who are experiencing foot problem such as pain or injury can also take the advantages of this device to reduce their pain when walking and performing their daily activity.
Once in a while, many people have a foot problem in their live. For people who had experiencing foot problems should understand just how much the foot pain will influence and hindering their life’s quality. The agony they had suffered just by walking to the door can be unbearable. Since many nerve connected with our feet, when it is hurt, then the whole body will feel hurts too.
As an active person, you will understand the importance of the ability to move freely. But, what should you do when your feet hurt? Understanding about your feet and the knowledge on treating and preventing the foot problems is very important for your activity, well being and health.
The best action to avoid the problems relating to the foot’s health is by stretching properly, controlling our weight and wearing the proper footwear.
Our weight is a crucial aspect that can contribute to foot problems. Sadly, if the foot pain has stopping us from exercising, it will be harder to control your weight.
By performing proper stretching will assist our foot to tone the back leg’s muscles and tendons which are connected to the foot. This can be very useful for people who have heel pain or plantar fasciitis.
Orthotics device can help people who are suffering from arch pain, heel pain, shin splints, stress fractures, Achilles tendonitis and runner’s knee.
The price of customized orthotics could quite costly (more than $300) while the common orthotics that is sold on open market can be much cheaper (less than $100). Before buying this device, you should consult it to your podiatrist to determine the right orthotics type that is suit to your problem and needs. It will be a waste to spend much money on the wrong orthotics type that does not suit to your problem, and certainly would not solve your foot pain.
In the custom made orthotics, the orthotics specialist will make a cast from your feet to determine the right orthotics for your foot problems. The specialist will design the orthotics to help stabilize your foot and reduce the pressure from your feet.
After the orthotics is finish, the device will be put in the footwear to stabilize the foot and maintain a good posture. In some cases, the orthotics will be strapped to your feet to maintain your foot’s alignment and posture.
This device is really helpful to improve the quality of life for people who are suffering from foot pain.
