In treating acute or chronic pain, it has long been accepted that physicians had two basic options to alleviate suffering: surgery or pain medication. Now there is a third option–pain alleviating, non-invasive pain management procedures used as the method of first resort, not last.
Creative, innovative solutions to previously persistent painful disorders are increasingly making surgery […]
June 25, 2007-The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended restrictions on the use of piroxicam-containing medicinal products because of the risk of gastrointestinal side effects and serious skin reactions. The Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) concluded that piroxicam should no longer be used for treatment of short-term painful and inflammatory conditions. […]
ONDAMED® is a FDA registered Class II biofeedback device and currently an IRB approved status as a secondary therapeutic device for the treatment of various disorders which alleviates pain, discomfort, or general malaise. The device is now awaiting final designation as a pain-treatment device. New Windsor, NY (PRWEB) October 30, 2006 — After passing its […]
A PAIN-RELIEF medication that has fewer side effects and reduces the risk of users becoming addicted has been developed by Australian scientists.
They were able to combine two traditional, powerful pain-relief medications, morphine and oxycodone, so patients can get the same relief using half the normal dose.
The discovery by Professor Maree Smith at the University of […]
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Is back pain slowing you down?
A non-surgical option could help you find relief.
90% of adults will have back pain at least once in their life and the last thing many people want to have is surgery.
Now there is an option that has many people finding relief without going under the knife.
Last year, Rick Terrana hurt […]
There are only a handful of these machines in Bergen County,’ explains Dr. Michael Arber, a chiropractor at the center, who administers non-invasive Intervertebral Disc Decompression (IDD) therapy. ‘The best part about the equipment is that it’s not just temporary relief. It actually reduces the size of disc injuries and helps the surrounding soft tissue […]
Most people with chronic back pain will find relief without surgery, but it may speed recovery for some, new research suggests.
An estimated four out of five Canadians will experience back pain at some point in their lives.
In a herniated dic, the disc that provides cushioning between the vertebrates bulges out. In […]