Pain Therapies
With ALL painkillers, your body adapts after a certain length of time, so you need more of them to get the same effect. This can lead to drug abuse or dependence – which not only worsens your symptoms but creates new problems.
A variety of non-drug therapies can reduce the effect your symptoms have on your body. What’s more, they can improve your general health and quality of life. Here are a three examples:
Physical Therapy
A physical therapist can teach you exercises to improve your strength and stamina. Water therapy exercises are especially helpful for people with chronic pain. To avoid feeling worse after physical therapy, start slow and work up.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy is another effective therapy for chronic pain. An occupational therapist can help you adjust your work area and tasks to cause less stress on your body. This can help you handle the pain and fatigue better.
Emotional Therapy
Your symptoms can have a significant impact on your work, relationships and outlook. Your doctor may recommend counseling as part of your treatment plan. Counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists are available to help you deal with your condition.
All very well and good to say that chronic pain is a lifestyle problem rather than a a medical one. That’s rubbish. It depends on what the source of the pain is. Medicine hasn’t focused enough on finding answers to treating fibro myalgia. In the meantime, yes, try to help yourself with drug free alternatives but they are often ineffective too. And why don’t you recommend herbs and supplements? I have personal experience of using them and they are effective.
Help!! I can’t taste or smell anything!! My feet hurt my head has constant stabbing pains. I sleep very little and I get irritated easily.