Pain Management

While uncomfortable at best and excruciating at worst, pain is actually a natural, informative sensation associated with the body’s defense system. When we experience pain, our bodies are sending our nervous systems and brains messages that parts of the body are injured or are in harm’s way.   As a result, pain signals us to repair injured parts or treat conditions that are detrimental to our health. The... Read more >

Levels of Pain

Pain is a universal sensation that affects people of all ages, genders and ethnicities. While some types of pain are emotional, such as humiliation, others are physical. Within these distinctions, pain can be even more varied. Some of the various types of pain people can experience include: burning dull aches sharpness stinging tingling.   The type of pain you feel, as well as the length of... Read more >

Types of Pain

Everyone experiences some type of pain at one point or another in life. Pain is the body’s way of telling us that something is injured or wrong, and can help us from further injuring ourselves. Pain can sometimes be prevented, but in other cases it is necessary and lets people know when to seek medical assistance.   Pain comes in many different types and forms, each with different causes, severity, pain... Read more >

Causes of Pain

At some time in life, every person feels some sort of pain. Pain can be the result of a new injury, an old injury, a chronic condition or a number of other things. Because pain can be caused by a variety of factors, pain relief options vary widely. For example, chronic pain (pain that recurs and lasts longer than six months) will require different pain treatment than acute pain, which is shorter in... Read more >

Pain Treatments

Pain comes in a variety of forms. Whether you're suffering from chronic pain, acute pain or unidentifiable pain, you likely want to make your pain disappear, or at least make it subside to a more tolerable level. Luckily, there are a number of pain treatments available to help you cope with the pain you experience.   In this section, we'll discuss the different types of pain treatments that can help you... Read more >

Symptomatic Relief

Although pain is a sensation that is felt by all people at some time or another, pain is relative. Thus, two people experiencing the same type of pain might describe the pain quite differently. What feels unbearable to one person could simply be a minor annoyance to another.   However, whether you have a high tolerance for pain or a low pain threshold, most people who experience pain are eager to find ways... Read more >

Organic Pain

Pain relief strategies depend in large part on the type of pain involved. Typically, medical experts categorize pain according to whether it has a non-organic or an organic source.   Non-organic pain has no identifiable physical cause, meaning that it usually stems from psychological factors. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), for instance, causes intense abdominal pain without an identifiable physical... Read more >

Aspirin

Aspirin, one of the most common pain relief medications on the market today, is available both in over-the-counter and prescription strength. It can be used to treat a wide range of health problems including fever, sports injury, toothache and arthritis. The Making of Aspirin Aspirin, a drug classified as a salicylate, is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). NSAIDs typically block the action of... Read more >