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How The Brain Deals With Chronic Pain
Memories may trigger chronic pain
October 03, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
To Exercise or Not to Exercise: The Effects on Chronic Pain
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...the sensation of pain from being transmitted to the brain, and which can lessen anxiety and... Read more »
Finding the Source of Chronic Pain
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...piece of research focusing on modulating how our brains process pain, thereby hopefully reducing... Read more »
Better Sleep Often Means Less Chronic Pain
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...the screen stimulates certain biochemicals in the brain, lessening the amount of melatonin and... Read more »
Health Guide
TENS Unit for Pain
...has its own mechanisms for suppressing pain. It releases natural chemicals called endorphins in the brain, which act as pain relieving substances. TENS units can activate this mechanism. Secondly,... Read more »What is Fibromyalgia?
...muscles and soft tissues, for many years FM was thought to be a musculoskeletal disorder. However, new brain-imaging techniques and scientific studies are revealing that fibromyalgia is better... Read more »How to Breathe Properly
...NFA Online Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 18. 10/9/03. Hibbard, Dawn. “The Final Frontier – The Human Brain.” Kettering University. 9/2/04 “Breathe Deeply.” The Oasis Institute.... Read more »Fibromyalgia Causes
...have very real physical abnormalities, including: Decreased blood flow to specific areas of the brain, particularly the thalamus region, which may help explain the pain sensitivity and... Read more »Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Causes
...neurological or genetic abnormalities, triggering ME/CFS. Those factors may include:Genetic factors Brain abnormalities A hyper-reactive immune system Viral or other infectious agentsPsychiatric... Read more »Images
Medications
...pain). This medication acts on certain centers in the brain to give you pain relief. It is known... Read more »
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Connecting the Brain and Pain
November 13, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A common brain imaging technology is unlocking the connection between depression and pain. Statistics show more than 75 percent... Read summary »
Migraine Pain Relief
November 27, 2006CHICAGO (Ivanhoe Broadcast New) -- Chrissy Freuh's migraines started early. "I remember the lights bothering me and the sun," she says. And they got... Read summary »
Chronic pain harms the brain
October 03, 2008According to new research, the brains of people who live with chronic pain may be harmed by the unrelenting pain. In healthy brains, when one region... Read summary »
Snail Venom for Chronic Pain
August 01, 2007COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) A snail found in the sea could be all it takes for millions of people to live pain-free. Small but deadly,... Read summary »
Study: Chronic pain can affect memory
October 03, 2008A small study in Canada suggests that people who suffer from chronic pain have a harder time concentrating and remembering things than people who do... Read summary »
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