Posts by Pain Management & Injury Relief
Alternatives to Opioids: How to Manage Pain
Opioids have a long and complex history in medicine, from the discovery of opium in ancient times to the advent of modern-day chemistry, and brand-new isolated alkaloids like morphine, heroin, and codeine. However, for as long as people have used opium and its many derivatives, it’s always had the same two major flaws: it’s incredibly…
Read MoreCultivating Thankfulness in the Midst of Chronic Pain
It sounds unbelievably hard to have thankfulness for anything while struggling with a condition specifically characterized by unending pain. If we know that pain and stress have a direct effect on the mind, then we generally feel much worse the more pain we’re in. How can anyone who is struggling with ceaseless discomfort experience anything…
Read MoreDamaging Myths About Managing Chronic Pain, Debunked
In 2006, Swedish researchers discovered a large family in the northernmost region of the country sharing a particularly strange and dangerous mutation: a congenital insensitivity to pain. Yet far from being a superpower, the ability to live without a perception or concept of pain is often lethal. Pain is critical to the human experience. Like…
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