What is it and What are its Benefits Electrical stimulation, aka E-Stim, is a therapy or therapeutic treatment used to stimulate muscles in the body to contract. It is also used to stimulate different electrical signals in the body if the body is receiving confused signals. Electrodes are normally placed on top of the skin…
Chronic pain affects 1 in 5 Americans, which is approximately 50 million people. According to the CDC, almost half of them say that their pain interferes with their daily life. Did you know that one of the biggest reasons people see their doctors is because of pain? Most of them have been experiencing pain for…
Severe chronic pain and other diseases can be helped and even cured – often with just one treatment–by treating the cause (without drugs, x – rays, injections, acupuncture, manipulation, or surgery). Learn more about the pain signal and how your body handles pain. This essay presents what may be a breakthrough in the treatment of…
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Author: Vladimir Kaye, MD, Consulting Staff, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Hoag Hospital Coauthor(s): Murray E Brandstater, MBBS, PhD, Chairman and Program Director, Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Loma Linda University School of Medicine Contributor Information and Disclosures Updated: Oct 8, 2008 Introduction to TENS Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) currently is one…
This article was written by Dana Hinesly Assessing Chronic Pain is needed. On a daily basis, more than 75 million Americans wrestle with chronic or recurrent pain, a leading cause of disability and employee absenteeism, according to research published in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine—and modern medicine still hasn’t…
EVERY CHRONIC PAIN IS SOME CELLS’ CRY FOR OXYGEN Majid Ali, M.D., Director, The Institute of Integrative Medicine Can a lack of oxygen or an oxygen deficit actually contribute to aging and chronic pain? This article explores the impact oxygen has on our overall health and how it relates to pain. You also might be…
. It’s such a sad story. Each year, we lose more and more people to the opioid crisis. Opiate addiction is a major health concern. Thanks to soaring overdose deaths (deaths in the U.S. from opioid-related overdoses jumped another 21 percent in 2018), American life expectancy dropped for several years in a row during the…
