Chronic Pain

Martha Gesegnet asked:




Millions of Americans suffer from chronic pain. With all the advances in modern medicine why is this the case?

Most doctors only offer one option, narcotic pain pills. I know I used to be in that vicious dead-end cycle. It seems hopeless but it’s not. There are answers, they just don’t come from your doctor.

There are many natural health solutions that can relieve your pain and get you off of medications and on your way to living a pain free life.

1. Energy Medicine has been proven to be very effective in relieving chronic pain. Many in the health care industry are frightened by things that seem new and unfamiliar but “laying on of hands” has helped relieve pain for hundreds of years. The wisdom of ancient medical systems, like Traditional Chinese Medicine, have had success in relieving pain with acupuncture. The needles are very small, you hardly know they are there. Not to be feared like getting a vaccine or having your blood drawn. Healing Touch Program has been training and educating nurses in pain management techniques for over 30 years, through the American Holistic Nurses Association.

2. Food as Medicine has numerous advantages and healing properties. A diet rich in “greens” and enzymes can relieve pain almost instantly. Numerous studies have shown that many foods have anti-inflammatory properties. Turmeric is one of these foods. However, most people make the mistake of buying capsules that have been highly processed and retain few of the benefits by the time they reach the consumer. Fresh Turmeric root grated into your food, or a warm spiced milk with ground Turmeric will provide the anti-inflammatory properties you need. Fresh greens blended into a smoothie provide instant enzymes to break up toxins in the tissues and joints that can cause pain.

3. Moderate exercise can relieve your pain even though it may seem counter intuitive. Sometimes when your pain is the worst is when you need to get up and move. Simple steps that improve your circulation will relieve your pain. Pain likes to latch onto a specific weak area in your body. It likes to follow the same “route”. If you throw up a road block, with a new routine, the pain signals get confused and don’t know what to do. The pain response gets blocked. If you tried traditional Physical Therapy do something different. Try a gentle Tai chi class or restorative yoga class. They are easy, and gentle but will do the trick. Or try rebounding, bouncing on a mini trampoline. Just five minutes a day can improve your lymphatic system, your circulation, and your pain.

Don’t settle for a life of pain. There are many natural solutions to relieve your pain start with one today.

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Kay Hutchinson asked:




I see many chronic pain clients who have a tried a variety of western medical solutions to manage their pain with varying results. Some of these chronic pain solutions are successful but few address the root causes of chronic pain or offer a more holistic approach to healing.

To complement western medical approaches to chronic pain management or to use a purely holistic approach try the following:

Chronic Pain Relief Diet

Reducing inflammation is a key to nutritional solutions to chronic pain.

Anti-inflammatory foods include spices such as ginger, cinnamon, tumeric, flax seed oils, walnuts, whole brown rice, berries and other fruits that contain quercetin (also a natural antihistamine that improves allergies).

Anti-inflammatory beverages include decaf green tea, chamomile tea (helps to soothe the nerves; brew it very strong at least 10-15 minutes for optimum effect), decaf chai tea, ginger tea, chrysanthemum and ginger tea combined, carrot with ginger juice.

The beverages listed above can also help to detoxify the body, which is critical if one is taking pain medications.

Foods that aggravate inflammation include: high fat foods, high amounts of carbohydrates (especially refined carbohydrates such as white sugar potatoes, rice or white flour), excessively spicy hot foods, and hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats.

Chronic Pain Responds to Acupressure and Medical Qi Gong (Energy Work)

Acupressure is gentle form of Chinese medicine that does not use needles. Acupressure stimulates certain points on the body to create a release of endorphins, natural chemicals within our bodies that help to decrease chronic pain.

Doctors at the National Taiwan University reported in the British Medical Journal that acupressure was effective in reducing low back pain in terms of disability, pain scores, and functional status.

Some acupressurists use techniques more similar to western massage such as shiatsu which involves manipulating tissues.

Other practitioners like myself combine jing point acupressure with a vibrational form of Chinese medicine, medical qi gong, similar to Reiki healing but a much older art and part of the Chinese medicine system.

With this method of acupressure and medical qi gong, tissue is not manipulated. Instead, work is performed primarily off-the-body using energy emission over acupressure points. Thus, this form of healing is least invasive and less likely to aggravate chronic nerve pain. Energy work also helps to retrain the neurological patterns of irritated nerves to facilitate deeper healing.

Reduce Chronic Pain with Qi Gong and Tai Chi

Both of these forms of gentle movement help to balance the neurology, increase circulation and release endorphins, natural pain relievers.

According to the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, research of tai chi practice confirmed improvement of “quality of life, physical function including activity tolerance and cardiovascular function, pain management, balance and risk of falls reduction, enhancing immune response, and improving flexibility, strength, and kinesthetic sense.”

Qi gong is the mother art of tai chi, and is easier to learn and highly adaptable to clinical applications. I teach both sitting and standing qi gong to my clinic clients with chronic pain, and have modified movements for people who are bed-ridden with pain.

Meditation Reduces Chronic pain

In a study by the division of general internal medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, researchers found that older adults who engaged in a 8 session program of mindfulness meditation showed significant improvement in chronic pain compared to a control study group that did not participate in meditation.

Meditation not only helps the body to relax and soothe the neurological system, but also improves serotonin levels, which when low, can lead to depression and increased sensations of pain.

Chinese Herbs for Chronic Pain Relief

In a recently published study in “Chinese Medicine” on the use of a classical Chinese formula, Duhuo Jisheng Tang, researchers found that a 4 week therapy with this formula was effective in reducing pain and improving physical functioning in individuals wit degenerative osteoarthritis of the knee.

A trained herbalist can help you to integrate use of customized formulas to complement your existing western chronic pain medications with a goal of diminishing the use of pharmaceuticals and also healing the root issues that are creating the pain.

Please note that information in this article is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition. Please consult with your medical physician regarding guidance on implementing holistic methods for healing.

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Bob G Johnson asked:




Historically clinicians have been taught that interferential therapy (IFT) is the result of two currents crossing each other in the area of pain within the body. On paper this looks great when you see what is suppose to be going on in the body as a result of the current crossings, but tissues in the body do not respond as indicated in these nicely drawn photos.

Due to the body having multiple types of tissues such as bone, cartilage, muscle, nerve, skin etc. the electrical currents are often stored until the cells have reached capacity and then suddenly released. This process is much like the old semiconductors used in the computer industry. Each tissue type has different electrical capacities which regulates whether the current flows evenly between the electrodes attached to the painful area. Due to this the illustrations do not show actual reality but show pictures of what the current combination would look like if all tissues had the same electrical characteristics which we know is not true for differing tissues.

Interferential therapy has been shown to be the most effective form of electrotherapy in the world for chronic pain control. Are there forms of interferential therapy better than others? The answer appears to be yes there is. That better form of interferential is called “pre-modulated”.

The premodulation method of creating the interference effect has been developed in recent years and is known as premodulated interferential. With this method, both outputs of the unit provide a carrier frequency of 4,000 Hz. However, each output has the ability to premodulate or burst the frequency within the unit and does not rely on the fickle nature of our own human cells and tissues. Only the best engineered units have the ability to synchronize perfectly these bursts in the same polarity, at the same time, in order to create premodulated interferential.

Within the unit there are uniform resistances, capacities, etc. and the combination of the two currents can be carefully crafted and controlled. Once the combination is created then that actual combined waveform is then sent down the cables to the electrodes and enters the body in the most beneficial forms. The difference is better, longer lasting and immediate pain relief occurring during the initial treatment. It is imperative that any chronic pain patient know upon the first treatment that interferential works for them.

Today quality companies offer patients the free trial of interferential to establish the efficacy for that patient. By using pre-modulated units the true pain relieving effect is greatly enhanced allowing the patient the experience of true modulation and controlling the outcome so the trial is successful.

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