Pain Relief
Medical Definition of Pain:
Pain: An unpleasant sensation that can range from mild, localized discomfort to agony. Pain has both physical and emotional components. The physical part of pain results from nerve stimulation. Pain may be contained to a discrete area, as in an injury, or it can be more diffuse, as in disorders like fibromyalgia. Pain is mediated by specific nerve fibers that carry the pain impulses to the brain where their conscious appreciation may be modified by many factors.
Pain is also a term specifically used to denote a painful uterine contraction occurring in childbirth.
The word “pain” comes from the Latin “poena” meaning a fine, a penalty.
We explain the different types of pain you may hear about.
- Acute pain. Acute pain often starts suddenly and feels ‘sharp’.
- Chronic pain. Chronic pain lasts for a longer period of time.
- Breakthrough pain. This is a sudden pain.
- Bone pain.
- Soft tissue pain.
- Nerve pain.
- Referred pain.
- Phantom pain.
Treatment Options:
Thermotex -Through the absorption of the infra red thermal energy, tissues are safely and gently heated resulting in increased blood flow within the treated area. Your body’s natural response to this increased temperature is to maintain a condition of homeostasis (or balance). The effectiveness of Thermotex in reducing and controlling your pain will in most cases, allow you to reduce your pain medication intake. This will provide effective, non-invasive, non addictive pain relief with no adverse side effects. Available as treatments in our clinic and we also carry them in the retail store.
Amega Pointer
Indigo Biofeedback
LED Laser Therapy
Vibrational Therapy
Infra Red Sauna
Massage
| Pain Allodynia* Analgesia Anesthesia Dolorosa Causalgia Dysesthesia Hyperalgesia* Hyperesthesia Hyperpathia Hypoalgesia Hypoesthesia |
Interdisciplinary Treatment* Multidisciplinary Treatment* Multimodal Treatment* Neuralgia Neuritis Neuropathic Pain* Central Neuropathic Pain Peripheral Neuropathic Pain* Neuropathy* Nociception* Nociceptive Neuron* Nociceptive Pain* |
Nociceptive Stimulus* Nociceptor* Nociplastic Pain* Noxious Stimulus Pain Threshold* Pain Tolerance Level* Paresthesia Sensitization* Central Sensitization* Peripheral Sensitization* Unimodal Treatment* |
Note: An asterisk (*) indicates that the term is either newly introduced.
