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What is Phantom Limb Pain

March 8th, 2011 | Add a Comment

Posted By EightNine On 8th March 2011 When people have a limb amputated they often continue to feel pain in the missing limb. In many cases this pain will remain for life and can often be quite severe. Nobody is quite sure why they feel this pain but a considerable amount of research has been done on the subject. Finding a way to alleviate this pain would be a huge help to the many people who suffer from phantom limb pain. Phantom limb pain is pain that comes from where an amputated limb used to be. Following the amputation of a limb most patients will still feel that they have the limb attached. In fact even babies who are born with missing limbs will experience the sensation. In many cases there will … Read entire article »

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Finding Pain Release Through Light Therapy

February 20th, 2010 | Add a Comment

Chronic Pain is serious business. Ongoing, long term pain affects us in many ways. Pain causes a distraction that steals away our focus. It reduces our mobility and interferes with sleep, cascading us into a multitude of interconnected symptoms and health concerns. One of the primary forms of treatment is the use of drugs to reduce the symptoms of chronic pain. Drug therapy does not actually correct or heal the underlying problem, but does mask the pain to some degree. Most medications do have side effects, and consideration must be taken with combining any medication with other drugs or even some foods. There are other options for relieving chronic pain and improving the quality of our lives. Giving thought to the foods we eat can make … Read entire article »

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What to do About Neck Pain

February 14th, 2009 | Add a Comment

The Importance of The Neck The neck region has the vast responsibility of fully supporting the head. In order to do this it must remain strong and flexible withstanding a life time of abuse. Whether one sits at a computer or stands for hours at a time; all of these routine positions can eventually strain or damage the neck. As stress on the neck is increased sublimation can begin to work its way down to the shoulders and back. The repetitive motions that we make on a day to day basis are often the root causes of our neck pain. Other people suffer with neck pain due to straining, age, accidents, falls or even an injury to the head. Complaints of neck pain are often labeled with more than one diagnosis. Some … Read entire article »

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Natural Pain Relief Techniques

January 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Everyone will suffer pain at some point in their lives and strange as it may sound, some pain is necessary; it’s a signal from our brain that something is wrong which we need to address to protect our health and well-being. Pain can come from any type of injury, illness or condition but it is then our job to locate where the pain is originating from to stop it. Normally once the cause of the pain is treated, the pain will gradually disappear but not always. This is called ‘chronic’ pain and is distinguishable from ‘acute’ pain by its persistence and common examples of chronic pain include backaches, migraine headaches, and arthritis. Untold millions of people suffer from chronic pain and despite medicines best efforts there is no way currently to … Read entire article »

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Migraine: What Is a Migraine Attack

September 23rd, 2008 | Add a Comment

Most migraines (very intense headaches) start when a person is young and sometimes many family members suffer with them. Most suffers will go to bed as the headache (usually on one side) takes hold and which could last a matter of a few hours but if left without attention, could last for days. Once the attack is over, the victim will still feel exhausted and not able to do much for some time. The frequency of attacks between sufferers is not consistent with some only having one episode a year. Many of the symptoms experienced by sufferers are closely connected to other everyday illnesses. Migraine can affect people from as young as ten and up to the age of forty; strangely, very few individuals suffer with this condition after they reach … Read entire article »

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Piles Treatment at Home

May 10th, 2008 | Add a Comment

by Steff Ross Piles are a common and very uncomfortable condition caused by swelling of the veins in the anus. When these veins are scraped by hard stools they will bleed, which produces the most common symptoms of piles, anal bleeding. Blood that is present on the stool, on the toilet paper after wiping, or that drips into the toilet is a sign of piles. Itching, burning, pain, and swelling are also symptoms of piles and while they are not usually serious they can be very uncomfortable and cause most people to seek some type of treatment. Although piles are very uncomfortable they are seldom serious and will heal on their own. Rarely piles will cause more serious complications such as gastrointestinal bleeding, hemorrhaging, or anemia. In these cases your only option … Read entire article »

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