Alternative Treatment May Reduce Pain

When traditional medication and treatment routes don't help to ease the discomfort associated with chronic pain, some turn to other, less mainstream options.  One of these options is touch therapy.  As mentioned in a recent article by the American News Report, touch therapy is proving to be effective at relieving pain, stress and nausea associated with cancer.  Touch therapy is an alternative medicine technique, practiced for over 5,000 years,  in which trained workers use their fingertips to touch and connect over twenty points on the body known as “safety energy locks.” Enabling these body points to connect to each other is suggested to release body energy and allow the body to heal itself. It is most like acupuncture in that both treatments are based on the theory that diseases are a result of energy blockages.

Touch therapy was recently researched by the Lexington Cancer Foundation.  In their study, 159 patients were asked to rate their pain and nausea from 0-10 before and after touch therapy.  All patients experienced significant reduction in pain after their initial visit and every other visit following, with an average of 2-3 points in pain reduction per visit.  These statistics occurred regardless of age, sex, gender, and specific medical diagnosis.   It is possible that touch therapy may be useful for other pain-related disorders such as neuropathy or fibromyalgia.  More research needs to be done on this topic in order for physicians to feel comfortable using it as a treatment option.

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New Device Results In Pain Relief Without Drugs

Chronic pain sufferers commonly take a variety of prescription medications to manage their pain symptoms.  In addition to potential drug addiction, many patients simply do not like taking the drugs because they feel tired or groggy as a side effect.  A new device has recently come out that may result in pain relief for these patients without taking prescriptions.

According to the American News Report, a new treatment has been developed called the "Calmare Pain Therapy Treatment".  The device involved in this treatment works to biophysically disrupt pain signals by using low doses of electricity to block pain at nerve endings. This, in turn, makes the body think that there essentially is no pain. This treatment is often used for cancer patients who have undergone chemotherapy and now have neuropathy; however, the creators believe that this treatment can be used for other conditions involving chronic pain as well.  Unfortunately, this device is only available at 16 clinics in the United States.  Hopefully, it will become more widely available soon, so more patients can benefit from its use.

 Different diagnoses exist within the larger realm of chronic pain. Working with your physician and seeing what your exact diagnosis and treatment options are is the only way to find an effective, realistic pain management treatment.  If you would like more information about this page or central Pennsylvania attorney Doug Stoehr's areas of practice, contact our Altoona, Pennsylvania, law firm by calling 814-946-4100.