Date: September 19, 2016 Source: Sissa Medialab Summary: Neurofeedback is a technique used for the treatment of clinical disorders (like depression, anxiety, chronic pain, ADHD and schizophrenia etc.) and enhancement of brain performance. It is based on the “self-regulation” of brain activations underpinned by the principles of feedback control systems. Feedback systems can be found […]
Pain Physician. 2016 Sep-Oct;19(7):415-27. Wu Z, Malihi Z, Stewart AW, Lawes CM, Scragg R. Abstract BACKGROUND: There is conflicting evidence from previous qualitative reviews on the effect of vitamin D supplementation on pain. OBJECTIVE: To determine with quantitative methods if vitamin D supplementation lowers pain levels. STUDY DESIGN: Quantitative meta-analysis of published randomized controlled trials […]
Written by Honor Whiteman Published: Monday 5 September 2016 Lead author Richard L. Nahin, Ph.D., of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and colleagues publish their findings in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. In any given year, around 100 million adults in the United States […]
AUGUST 23, 2016 Recent research showed that mindfulness meditation is significantly more effective at reducing pain intensity and pain unpleasantness than placebo analgesia, sham mindfulness meditation and other cognitive-based approaches by using distinct neural mechanisms (J Neurosci 2015;35:15307-15325). “This study is the first to demonstrate that mindfulness-related pain relief is mechanistically distinct from placebo analgesia,” […]
Our profession is positioned to play a leading role in helping Americans take advantage of non-pharmacological pain management — and the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP) is empowering YOU and every doctor of chiropractic (DC) to lead the discussion in your states and cities. Our landmark positioning paper, “Chiropractic: A Safer Strategy Than Opioids,” is […]
03.15.2016 Urges physicians not to use opioids first-line for chronic pain by Kristina Fiore Associate Editor, MedPage Today The CDC has released its final guidance on opioid prescribing, urging clinicians not to use the painkillers as first-line therapy for chronic pain and suggesting limits on dose and duration when they do have to be prescribed. […]
Date: March 15, 2016 Source: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Summary: Everyone knows that stubbing your toe hurts. What makes it stop hurting is the body’s main pain-blocking process — the natural production of opioids. Everyone knows that stubbing your toe hurts. What makes it stop hurting is the body’s main pain-blocking process — the […]
March 07, 2016 February 21, 2016—Palm Springs, California—In a small study, auricular acupuncture proved to be a highly effective adjunctive therapy for neuropathic pain. This conclusion, based on a single-center study of 18 patients age 11 – 78 years, was presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, from February […]
December 09, 2015 The Journal of Pain: Official journal of the American Pain Society TAKE-HOME MESSAGE A cohort of 215 current or previous users of medical cannabis with non-cancer pain were dispensed an herbal cannabis product and were then matched with 216 controls with chronic pain but not using cannabis. After 1-year follow-up with a […]
Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine Royal Sonesta Boston • June 1 – 5, 2015 Cambridge, MA Updates and Practice Recommendations to Optimize Your Assessment and Treatment of Pain Spinal. Headache. Neuropathic. Fibromyalgia. Myofascial. Cancer. Abdominal. Pelvic. This program provides a comprehensive review of the state of the art in pain medicine and of recent changes and advances that impact clinical approaches […]
Date: November 10, 2015 Source: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Summary: New evidence has been found that mindfulness meditation reduces pain more effectively than placebo. The study used a two-pronged approach — pain ratings and brain imaging — to determine whether mindfulness meditation is merely a placebo effect. Seventy-five healthy, pain-free participants were randomly assigned […]
Date: September 29, 2015 Source: McGill University Health Centre Summary: A Canadian research team has completed a national multicenter study looking at the safety of medical cannabis use among patients suffering from chronic pain. They found that patients with chronic pain who used cannabis daily for one year, when carefully monitored, did not have an […]
August 31, 2015 Written by Robert Bonakdar MD, FAAFP Recently, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has been a leading venue for research on medical marijuana. In October 2014, an analysis appearing in JAMA Internal Medicine noted that states which enacted medical cannabis laws had a 24.8% lower mean annual opioid overdose mortality […]
Pauline Anderson August 11, 2015 Most US adults experience pain, be it mild or severe, brief or long-lasting, a new study shows. The analysis, of data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), shows that 25.3 million adults (11.2%) have daily pain, and 14.4 million (6.4%) classified their pain at the most severe level. […]
April 13, 2015 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In order to determine the association of opioid use with heat pain perception, investigators evaluated 187 adults with chronic pain and found that those receiving opioids were more likely to be hyperalgesic than those who were not. Findings suggest that hyperalgesia is independently associated with long-term opioid use. Abstract […]
This article discusses several issues related to therapies that are considered “complementary” or “alternative” to conventional medicine. A definition of “complementary and alternative medicine” (CAM) is considered in the context of the evolving health care field of complementary medicine. A rationale for pain physicians and clinicians to understand these treatments of chronic pain is presented. […]