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When The Brain Has Had Enough Of Chronic Pain
Memories may trigger chronic pain
October 03, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
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 »
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 »
When Relieving Pain Puts Patients in Danger--What to Do?
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...in the Hippocratic oath is always echoing in our brains: First, do no harm. Read more »
NIH Launches Project to Map Brain & Help Chronic Pain
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...a $30 million project that will use cutting-edge brain imaging technologies to map the circuitry... Read more »
Health Guide
Neurogenic Pain: Can it be treated with Epidural Steroid Injections?
...These changes can lead to a sensitized, irritated nerve that will not stop sending pain signals to the brain. Like any fire, it is best to extinguish the flames before a wildfire erupts and gets... 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 »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 »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 »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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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
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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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