Members of the United States military serve our country to protect us and our freedom. Once they return home as veterans, we celebrate them and thank them for our service. But it's crucial that our care for them doesn’t end there. Many times, military members experience complex, chronic pain that can significantly impact their wellbeing. It can also impact their ability to integrate back into their lives at home. If you are one of the millions of military members with chronic pain or if are a loved one, it's important to understand the complexity of chronic pain and the...
ADHD is one of the most common mental disorders that affect children. While most cases of ADHD are diagnosed in early childhood, a significant portion (2.5%) of the adult...
Lower back pain, a.k.a lumbar pain, is one of the most common pain conditions that you may experience. Because it's invisible, lower back pain may be difficult to diagnose and treat. Whether you're suffering from chronic or acute lumbar pain, finding treatment can be frustrating. If you're looking for a treatment option that doesn't rely on medication, then interventional...
When Chronic Pain is pestering you, flavor up your foods with these natural pain relieving spices.
One thing is certain: Pain is no fun. Many conditions require a doctor's care over a long period of time, and others come on more suddenly and acutely. Regardless...
For years, nitrous oxide has been a safe and medically prescribed pain treatment. However, people abuse the gas, N2O, as a recreational drug for its euphoric, relaxing, and dissociative effects. Known as whippets, whippits, or whip-its, this drug is a common propellant, aerating agent, and gas ingredient in whipped...
Experiencing neck pain isn’t enjoyable, but it’s unfortunately something that most people have at one point or another. However, regardless of how common it...
Harry Miller couldn't have chosen a better setting or a better advocate for a near cataclysm. It just didn't seem that way a year ago, shortly before the 2021 college football season. The Ohio State center, who made an appointment with Ryan Day, told his coach he was thinking...
Stretching and Staying Limber is Good for Your Body and Mind
While the jury is still out on whether stretching can prevent injury, when appropriate,...
Biofeedback can train your mind to relieve hidden sources of pain.
For six years, Kalin Lancaster of Gainesville, Georgia, battled migraines so debilitating that if she tried to eat, she'd vomit. It would feel like they were squeezing my brain, remembers the 22-year old student. Lancaster took medications like Depakote...
A study found that individuals with chronic pain show greater vulnerability to depression or anger than those without chronic pain, and also show greater...