What are NSAIDs and their risks for chronic pain management?

NSAIDs (Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs) are pain medications like aspirin and ibuprofen that reduce pain, decrease fever, and inflammation. However, they are not a real solution for chronic pain sufferers due to significant risks. Prolonged use can damage your gut lining, leading to ulcers, bleeding, or holes in the stomach intestine. NSAIDs also increase the risk for heart attack and stroke, with the FDA issuing warnings in 2005 and 2015 about these risks intensifying with use. Furthermore, NSAIDs only mask symptoms rather than healing the underlying cause. For chronic or prolonged pain, non-invasive and natural pain relief techniques offer management, control, and even elimination.

Non-invasive and natural pain management

Cold and Heat Therapy for Pain

This technique is the basics of pain relief, as anyone who has had more than one injury can tell you.  The change from hot to cold and back again triggers anti-inflammatory activity, and the compression decreases blood flow, which also helps to decrease inflammation and swelling. You can use your own hot and cold packs or more powerful versions are available from physical therapists.

Exercise for Pain Relief

Staying active is essential in reducing pain. It increases blood circulation and releases endorphins both of which help the body not feel pain. Strenuous exercise is not necessary, simple aerobic activities like swimming, walking, or cycling are great for getting you out of your rut and moving. Also, don’t forget the positive effect exercise has on the psyche and the positive effect of that on pain relief.

How can a pain relief device help manage pain?

A powerful, non-invasive, pain reducing energy device can penetrate deep inside the body to increase blood circulation right at the source of the problem and eradicate the pain. One such device is Solio Alfa Plus, it utilizes proven technology that combines 3 energies, RF, IR, and LLC to fight pain at its source no matter how deep. Beyond the pain relief, it also speeds up the healing process by stimulating the soft tissue, or joint, or bone that caused the pain in the first place.

Relaxation Techniques for Pain

Here we are referring to mind and body techniques such as meditation, mindfulness, even yoga, and many others. The proven benefits these methods provide to help with pain relief are control of mind over body and de-stressing (stress worsens pain) as we explained in much deeper detail in our Meditation and Mindfulness post.

Massage for Pain Relief

Massages are a great way to help relieve pain. Not only is the physical effect of massages extremely helpful in the aim of relieving pain, but also the psychological aspects of massages are very helpful in pain elimination. In terms of the mind, massages help to relax, destress, and decrease anxiety and frustration, all pain intensifying feelings. On the physical side of it, massages relieve the tension in the muscles, joints, and other tissues, as well as the act of massaging the body increases blood circulation.