Pain Control Articles & Stories

Ingesting Food Can Function As Pain Relief

It's common knowledge that people often eat food to feel better, but researchers have now found that eating chocolate or drinking water can blunt pain, reducing a rat's response to a hot stimulus. Researchers believe this natural form of pain relief may help animals in the wild avoid distracti... Read More

Chronic-Pain Patients With Low Vitamin D Need More Narcotics

Among patients who need heavy-duty pain medication, those with low levels of vitamin D in their blood need nearly twice the dosage of narcotic drugs to manage their chronic pain, a recent study discovered. On questionnaires, low vitamin D patients also reported a worse per... Read More

Ozone Injections Relieve Pain of Herniated Discs

A non-surgical, radiologically guided injection of oxygen and ozone into bulging or herniated discs results in just as much pain relief and restoration of function as back surgery but with fewer complications and shorter recovery time, two recent studies revealed. The grou... Read More

Antidepressants Found Ineffective Against Back Pain

Antidepressants, commonly prescribed to relieve low back pain, don’t relieve it at all, according to a recent analysis of several studies. The medications are routinely prescribed by almost a quarter of doctors who treat low back pain. But an overview of 10 published... Read More

As Back-Pain Spending Rises, Results Worsen

Eight years have seen a huge increase in spending on back-pain problems in America. Ironically, however, the proportion of Americans suffering from spine problems has actually increased, too, according to a recent study. The findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Assoc... Read More

Physiotherapy Shows Benefits Following Knee Replacement

According to a recent study published on bmj.com, physiotherapy can improve the daily lives of osteoarthritis patients who have undergone knee replacement surgery. Osteoarthritis is the most common type of disability found in oler people, so total knee replacement surgery is a routinely perfo... Read More

Reducing Stress Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Problems

A Review in The Lancet reveals the importance of healthy lifestyle choices to reduce stressors related to cardiovascular risk factors. Researchers from John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore examined records between 1990 to 2006. They observed how stress affects the sympathetic nervous system, im... Read More

Featured Doctors

COPD Stem Cell Treatment

Daniel Royal

Royal Medical Group
9065 S. Pecos Rd., Ste. 250
Henderson, NV 89074

Call: 888-901-6177

Fibromyalgia Fairfield, Connecticut

Associates in Family Chiropractic & Natural Health Care, P.C.

156 East Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06851

Call: (203) 242-0165

Pinched Nerve Manhattan

Steven S. Moalemi, M.D.

Empire Physical Medicine & Pain Management
551 5th Avenue Ste. 525
New York, NY 10176

Call: (888) 898-7795

Pinched Nerve Bronx, New York

Jonathan Donath

Joint Effort Chiropractic
1241 Mamaroneck Ave
White Plains, NY 10605

Call: 888-543-4224

Acupuncture Treatment Bergen County, NJ

Damon Noto, MD

Spine & Joint Center
777 Terrace Avenue, 4th Floor
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604

Call: 866-385-8138

Knee Pain Relief Treatments

RecoverNow

,

Call: 888-798-5181

Spinal Decompression Massapequa, New York

Stephen Lembo, DC

Northeast Spine & Rehab
363 Route 111, St 107
Smithtown, New York 11784

Call:

Scoliosis Midtown Manhattan, NYC

Allan Weisberg

Midtown Total Health
235 E49th Street
New York, NY 10017

Call: 888-453-7121