chronic pain management

  • Prescription for pain Prescription for pain
    by Nadine Saubers, R.N. | Ever since I started the hydrocortisone and human growth hormone and have been much, much more active, I've also gotten hammered with terrible joint and muscle pain.
  • Can neurofeedback help chemical sensitivity? Can neurofeedback help chemical sensitivity?
    New research in neurofeedback is showing promise for those with autism, ADHD, Parkinson's disease, and chronic pain conditions like fibromyalgia. Can it help those with environmental intolerances, too?
  • Meningoradiculitis (Bannwarth's syndrome) and bitten again Meningoradiculitis (Bannwarth’s syndrome) and bitten again
    Dear Stephen, In 2004 I suffered from severe meningoradiculitis along with seven others in my area. Was this lyme? I recently found a tick on me, how should I proceed now?
  • Mayo Clinic to Study CFS/FMS Amygdala Retraining Mayo Clinic to Study CFS/FMS Amygdala Retraining
    The Mayo Clinic is conducting a pilot study of the Gupta Amygdala Retraining™ Programme for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FMS).
  • Colored light might silence harmful brain activity Colored light might silence harmful brain activity
    HealthDay News reports: New tools that use different colors of light to silence brain activity could lead to new treatments for disorders such as epilepsy, chronic pain, Parkinson's disease and brain injury.
  • Neural Therapy Neural Therapy
    A brain healing technique developed in Germany which involves the injection of local anesthetics into various points on the body to restore electrochemical function of tissues.
  • Dynamic Neural Retraining System™ Dynamic Neural Retraining System™
    Three-day workshop that helps correct a chronically impaired “fight or flight” response in the brain resulting from an acquired toxic brain injury.
  • Chronic muscle pain and spasm Chronic muscle pain and spasm
    Dear Stephen, What can be done to help with the chronic unrelenting migrating pain and spasms?
  • Muscle, joint and bone pain Muscle, joint and bone pain
    Dear Dr. T, I'm writing to you not only on my own behalf but for so many breast cancer patients who are suffering from the same chronic pain I am.
  • Severe pain relief Severe pain relief
    Dear Dr. T, I just feel so badly and I feel there is no reason to continue to live. I am 71 years old, have been disabled since birth. My problem now is suffering so much severe pain. My pain is so bad that I cry so much day after day. Please help me.
  • Listening to Einstein in the Dark Listening to Einstein in the Dark
    In the evening as we lie in bed, Bill sweeps his palms over the contours of my head and down my spine, along my arms and legs, grazing my skin as if moving over a Ouija board. This has a soothing effect on the muscle pain that clenches my body.
  • Severe skin burning Severe skin burning
    Dear Stephen, My primary symptom from Lyme is severe skin burning. I have not been able to wear shoes/socks for five years. What do you suggest to stop this awful pain?
  • Tips for fibromyalgia Tips for fibromyalgia
    Dear Susun, Do you have any tips for managing fibromyalgia naturally?
  • Severe muscle spasms and pain Severe muscle spasms and pain
    Dear Stephen, Can you briefly explain the mechanism by which Lyme causes muscle spasms? I know that low magnesium, calcium or potassium could cause spasms, but I know that there are other factors at work as well.