PAIN RELIEF

What is pain?
The American Academy of Pain Medicine:
“An unpleasant sensation and emotional response to that sensation”.

How does pain appear?
Pain happens when nerve endings in our skin and our internal organs send messages through the central nervous system to our brain.

Pain cycle

Rubbing the part that hurts
Stimulating touch signals closes a “gate” to pain signals.

Acupuncture
The acupuncture technique that has been most studied scientifically involves penetrating the skin with thin, solid, metallic needles that are manipulated by the hands or by electrical stimulation.

Hypnosis
Hypnosis is "a trance state characterized by extreme suggestibility, relaxation and heightened imagination."

Massage
Massage is the practice of applying structured pressure, tension, motion or vibration- manually or with mechanical aids- to the soft tissues of the body to achieve a beneficial response.

Electronic stimulation of nerves
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (acronym TENS) is the use of electric current produced by a device to stimulate the nerves for therapeutic purposes.

Analgesics