Chronic Pain:Alternative Pain Therapies
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What You Need to Know
- How the Mind Controls Pain
- Meditation Can Release and Relieve Pain
- A Practical Guide to Meditation
- 3 Pain Conditions Meditation Can Help
- How Yoga Can Improve Your Health
- 4 Ways Yoga Relieves Low Back Pain
- How Does Acupuncture Work?
- Acupuncture for Pain Relief
- Acupuncture Conquered My Chronic Pain
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pain Control
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Stops Pain Obsession
- Change the Way You Think About Pain
- A Guide to Biofeedback
- 3 Ways Biofeedback Helps With Pain
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Pain
- Alternative Pain Relief
Video: Perspectives on Alternative Pain Therapies
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Complementary ApproachesHow patients use alternative medicine
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Alternative TreatmentsWhich ones are right for you?
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Your Mind Can Lessen PainHow CBT helps
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Yoga HelpedHow one patient found relief
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How Two Patients Control Their Pain Through Meditation
Learning to relax their minds has helped these women ease their pain

When Dorothy Teesdale's doctor diagnosed her with peripheral neuropathy, he told her there was nothing she could do but live with it. "Being a nurse I said, 'No, that's not enough'," says Teesdale, who has now been living with the condition for more than 10 years. Teesdale began to use many of the techniques of mindfulness-based stress reduction to control her own pain. Read More
Change the Way You Think About Pain With Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Using CBT "coping thoughts," pain patients can reduce their response to pain

People suffering from chronic pain can spend a lot of time thinking negatively about their pain, growing concerned, anxious, or pessimistic. Those thoughts can actually increase pain, so cognitive-behavioral therapists work with patients to reframe some of the negative thoughts surrounding their pain. By identifying and changing negative thought patterns, patients can actually help relieve their pain... Read More
How Acupuncture Helped: One Pain Patient's Story
An actress overcame needle phobia and found relief from constant pain

Former actress Adryenn Ashley, 39, was standing in for Sarah Michelle Gellar on the set of I Know What You Did Last Summer when she fell off a truck and severely injured her ankle. A friend suggested that she try acupuncture for the pain, which lasted long after the injury. "I'm needle phobic, the thought of someone sticking a needle in me did not make me happy," she remembers. But the pain gave her little choice... Read More







