If you have chronic back or neck pain or have trouble with your joints, check
out these options
to help with pain management and relieve stress on joints and muscles. Also,
get tips and information
on how to protect your joints, save energy and other pain management tips.
Pain
and Stiffness
The duration of stiffness in the morning can help doctors distinguish rheumatoid
arthritis from other
forms. Learn more about how pain and stiffness go hand in hand with rheumatic
diseases.
Routine
Joint Pain
Primary care doctors can usually determine at the first visit whether the problem
is indeed some
form of arthritis. Find out when you should definetly see your doctor when experiencing
joint pain.
Protecting
Joints and Saving Energy
An occupational therapist can teach people with arthritis how to conserve energy,
protect joints,
accomplish daily tasks more easily, and adapt to lifestyle disruptions. All
of these ideas will aid with
pain management.
Other
Therapies
Take a look at what doctors recommend for pain management to people with chronic
back, neck pain
and body pain. Diathermy (deep heat) uses electromagnetic waves of different
frequencies to deliver
heat deep into the tissues.
Good
Stretches for Bad Backs
Check out four basic moves to strengthen the abdominal, hip and lumbar muscles,
which support the
back. Try these techniques to prevent or manage both lower and upper back pain.
Less
Wrinkles and Headaches
Botox, the injected toxin that reduces facial wrinkles, may be the answer to
people suffering painful
migraines. Check out this option to ease chronic migraine pain.
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