A first of its kind study indicates that an opioid may help to slow the spread of osteoarthritis and help to lessen the pain associated with it at the same time. The researchers found that they could treat the pain associated with arthritis … [Read more...]
Better Ways to Assess (and Treat) Pain
Pain can have a massive negative influence over the quality of life that people lead. Managing pain is one of the hardest parts of senior care, often because there’s no safe way to do so. Even when pain can be treated, the source of the … [Read more...]
Managing Pain Symptoms… Without Opioids
When dealing with chronic pain, one of the big reasons why people continue to use opioids is that they work. That argument might be starting to lose its hold over advocates of the painkiller. Researchers found in a recent study that … [Read more...]
New Guidelines Proposed for Helping Manage Opioid Use
There’s been a good deal of attention given to the opioid abuse epidemic that is currently occurring within the United States. The concern is that opioids are being misused, and as a result of this, many are finding that instead of finding … [Read more...]
Senior Care Must Take the Family into Account
A lot of the time, we think of the need for senior care as something that just impacts one person--the senior citizen who is in need of assistance. But what I’ve found over the years (and having a loved one develop a need for care … [Read more...]
New Research Shows Tapering of Opioid Use Yields Better Life
It has been all over the news for the past few years: the opioid epidemic in the United States is extremely problematic. Some studies go as far to say that opioids often cause more problems than they help solve. This needs to be addressed … [Read more...]
Augmented Reality Helps Alleviate Pain in Some Cases
Phantom limb pain is an extremely difficult thing to treat, as anyone who has ever experienced this can relate to. Although not physically there, a phantom limb can be quite painful, so much so that those experiencing it have a severe … [Read more...]
Sleep and Chronic Pain are Related
Researchers have discovered that there is a strong link between lack of sleep and chronic pain. Also, since those with pain tend to worry about whether or not they will get sleep, insomnia has been commonly seen in those with chronic pain, … [Read more...]
Looking for New Methods of Pain Management
A newly published study show that alternative forms of exercise like yoga and tai chi have a profound impact when it comes to pain relief. Researchers looked at conditions like fibromyalgia, chronic back pain, osteoarthritis, chronic neck … [Read more...]
Looking at Veterans for Pain Management Clues
Pain is one of those things that is very difficult to treat, especially in the elderly. There are many issues associated with pain, and trying to treat it effectively can sometimes make things worse off than they were before. However, good … [Read more...]
The Problem with Pain Management
Last week, we talked about how pain management is a vital component when it comes to senior care. Opioid painkillers have long been considered to be the standard for many types of pain relief, but there is plenty of research out there that … [Read more...]
Looking at Pain Management and Seniors
Recent studies indicate that when it comes to pain management in the elderly, there may be some racial bias at play with how doctors go about treating people. The research that was looked at points out that black Americans are undertreated … [Read more...]