What Does Green Light Have To Do With Chronic Pain?

According to the emerging research in the area of drug-free therapies for chronic pain relief, green light therapy appears to have profound results.  Do you think it will positively or negatively affect pain relief?  The researchers at the Banner – University Medical Center Tucson who have studied the effects of green light therapy think it has a positive effect.
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CDC Provides New Guidance To Opioids For Pain Treatment

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been in the news often, as the Covid-19 crisis has been in the forefront of national and global news.  The CDC, according to Wikipedia, is a “United States federal agency”, and its “main goal is the protection of public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the US and worldwide”, focusing on “national attention on developing and applying disease control and prevention”.  The CDC recently rolled out new recommendations on the guidance of prescribing opioids in an effort to update its 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, soliciting public comments through April 11, 2022.
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Maintaining a Fulfilling Lifestyle When You Have Chronic Pain

Chronic pain can constantly push you off balance, make it impossible for you to focus, and severely hamper your quality of life. As challenging as the condition is inherently, the fact that other people just don’t seem to get it can make it worse. Flippant comments like “You look okay to me” and “You just have to get used to it” are commonplace, not to mention discouraging and demeaning.
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TENS Therapy Revisited

There are a number of TENS articles on this website, and it appears that when the articles were written, the equipment that provided TENS therapy could be purchased online from websites specializing in pain relief – and not many available over the counter.  TENS refers to transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, which involves the use of electrical impulses to relieve pain.  Here are the previous articles on TENS if you want to revisit them:  Quell Your Pain With Quell, Pain Relief: TENS versus PEMF, and WiTouch Wireless TENS Device.  Time flies, and now it appears you do not need a prescription from your doctor in order to purchase the WiTouch Pro TENS unit on its website.
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How to Stretch and Strengthen Your Way to Back Pain Relief

Back pain is an incredibly common health issue.  Most people, around 80% of Americans, will experience back pain at some point in their lives. Back pain can be completely debilitating, impacting your daily activities, disrupting your sleep, and hurting your productivity. What’s more, Americans collectively spend about $50 billion annually on back pain treatments! What if you could ease back pain without taking painkillers or spending money on expensive chiropractic visits?

In this article, PainFreeOutlet.com will teach you how to use stretches and strengthening exercises to relieve back pain at the source!
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Wrist Pain Relief

A few days ago, I started experiencing wrist pain on my right hand.  It was probably the way I slept, and more specifically, sleeping on my right wrist.  Or maybe the way I landed when doing my daily exercises.  Burpees or pushups. Not sure how I got the wrist pain, and it is a first in a long time now.  Anyways, I did go on the offensive and started to perform a few stretches on both my wrists and massaged some Natural Pain Cream from The FEELGOOD lab on the painful area.  And today I can attest that the wrist pain on my right hand has subsided big time.  I used some of the stretches discussed on the Bob & Brad YouTube video, and who are both physical therapists, so you know they know what they are talking about.
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Using Virtual Reality For Pain Relief

Last week, Jackie Waters wrote a valuable and information-packed article about taking steps to prevent opioid addiction.  If you missed it, please take some time and read it … you can clink on this link to access it ==> prevent opioid addiction.  As the article mentioned, abusing prescribed opioid-based pain killer medications is the primary cause of opioid addiction.  The key is to find a good balance between the use of prescription pain killer drugs, other forms of treatment and new technologies that are aimed at pain relief.
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Take Steps To Prevent Opioid Addiction

If you have been paying attention to the media over the last few years, you know that opioid addiction is a serious issue. The deaths of celebrities such as Prince and Tom Petty helped shine a spotlight on this deadly problem. But what you may not know is that even using prescription painkillers after surgery can lead to addiction. If you or a loved one is recovering from surgery and addiction is suspected, PainFreeOutlet.com explains what you need to know.
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Tips For Outdoor DIY Seniors To Weather The Storm Of Pain

Are you a green thumb or an avid outdoor DIY individual, and entering that phase of your life where you are part of the senior citizen gang?  And you refuse to think that aging is some dark, sad way to live life as all your faculties start to decline.  You like to be active, and take pride in working in your garden, maintaining an immaculate lawn, or just in the way you keep yourself busy with those outdoor chores.  The truth is, however, if you are not careful those tasks can put a heavy burden on your body.  And may eventually result in injury and physical pain.  Today’s article will explore ways to help you maintain your place as an ace outdoor DIY individual while minimizing your risk of injury and physical pain.
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