For those that deal with chronic pain, doctors often prescribe antidepressants to help relieve symptoms. This might not make sense at first, but pain isn’t always the result of a physical issue. Sometimes, pain can be the result of a mental … [Read more...]
Another Step Forward in the Fight Against Pain
Researchers believe that they have made a huge step forward in the fight against chronic pain. A team from the University of Copenhagen recently developed a new treatment for helping to alleviate pain, and preliminary studies … [Read more...]
Preventing and Dealing with Chronic Pain
No one likes being in pain, but chronic pain is one of the most prevalent issues that our older loved ones grapple with. There are ways of relieving symptoms, but very little has been accomplished when it comes to getting to the root of … [Read more...]
The Dangers of Chronic Back Pain
Pain is never a pleasant thing to experience. When that pain is chronic, it is all the more troubling. There is never long term relief from it. When it goes away, the person experiencing chronic pain knows in the back of their mind that it … [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...]
Intensive Virtual Reality Effective in Managing Pain
Thanks to the widespread epidemic of opioid misuse, doctors are in search of a research based method of reducing pain for people--especially senior citizens. This is the population that is most highly at risk for health problems because of … [Read more...]