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Opioids are strong drugs that are typically prescribed for cases of acute pain such as that from major trauma or post-surgery, and also for patients experiencing severe, chronic, debilitating pain; primarily from terminal cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. Opioids chemically bind to receptors in the central and peripheral nervous system and produce an analgesic effect via [...]
Continue Reading →Low level laser therapy, or LLLT is the application of low-powered lasers or light emitting diodes for the purpose of pain relief and/or injury repair. The therapy is typically done transdermal; meaning through the skin into the target tissue, such as a sore shoulder joint (no surgical incisions). While some research studies show that LLLT [...]
Continue Reading →The Institute of Medicine (the medical branch of the US National Academies of Science) released a report brief on June 29, 2011 on the state of chronic pain in America, entitled Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research. The purpose was to assess how pain affects people of different [...]
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