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Tension headache -- Tension headaches, which were recently renamed tension type headaches by the International Headache Society, are the most common type of headaches. The pain can radiate from the neck, back, eyes, or ... > full article
Back pain -- Back pain (also known as "dorsopathy") is pain felt in the human back that may come from the spine, muscles, nerves, or other structures in the back. It may radiate from the lower, mid or upper back. ... > full article Motor neuron -- In vertebrates, motor neurons (also called motoneurons) are efferent neurons that originate in the spinal cord and synapse with muscle fibers to facilitate muscle contraction and with muscle spindles ... > full article Tendon -- A tendon (or sinew) is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone, or muscle to muscle and is designed to withstand tension. Tendons are similar to ligaments except that ... > full article Fatigue (physical) -- Fatigue is a state, following a period of mental or physical activity, characterized by a lessened capacity for work and reduced efficiency of accomplishment, usually accompanied by a feeling of ... > full article
Cluster headache -- Cluster headaches are rare, extremely painful and debilitating headaches that occur in groups or clusters. Cluster headache sufferers typically experience severe headaches of a piercing quality near ... > full article Headache -- A headache (cephalgia in medical terminology) is a condition of pain in the head; sometimes neck or upper back pain may also be interpreted as a headache. It ranks amongst the most common local pain ... > full article Antidepressant -- An antidepressant is a medication designed to treat or alleviate the symptoms of clinical depression. Some antidepressants, notably the tricyclics, are commonly used off-label in the treatment of ... > full article Phantom limb -- Phantom limb is a phantom sensation in amputated or missing limbs. A phantom sensation is a feeling that a missing limb is still attached to the body and is moving appropriately with other body ... > full article Nociceptor -- A nociceptor is a sensory receptor that sends signals that cause the perception of pain in response to potentially damaging stimulus. Nociceptors are the nerve endings responsible for nociception, ... > full article
Sore muscles after exercising -- Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) is the pain or discomfort often felt 24 to 72 hours after exercising and subsides generally within 2 to 3 days. Once thought to be caused by lactic acid buildup, ... > full article Lavender oil -- Lavender oil is an essential oil obtained by distillation from the flower spikes of certain species of lavender. Two forms are distinguished, Lavender Flower Oil, a colorless oil, insoluble in water, ... > full article Sensory neuron -- Sensory neurons are nerve cells within the nervous system responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses. For example, some sensory ... > full article Analgesic -- An analgesic (colloquially known as painkillers) is any member of the diverse group of drugs used to relieve pain and to achieve analgesia. This derives from Greek an-, "without", and -algia, "pain". ... > full article
Arthritis -- Arthritis is a group of conditions that affect the health of the bone joints in the body. One in three adult Americans suffer from some form of arthritis and the disease affects about twice as many ... > full article |
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Why Don't Painkillers Work For People With Fibromyalgia? (October 3, 2007) -- New research shows that people with fibromyalgia were found to have reduced binding ability of a type of receptor in the brain that is the target of opioid painkiller drugs such as ... > full story
Mindfulness Meditation: A New Treatment For Fibromyalgia? (August 6, 2007) -- Fibromyalgia has emerged as a common, yet difficult to treat disorder. A group of investigators has proposed a new modality of treatment. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) proposes a ... > full story
Further Legitimization Of Fibromyalgia As A True Medical Condition (June 25, 2007) -- Fibromyalgia, a chronic, widespread pain in muscles and soft tissues accompanied by fatigue, is a fairly common condition that does not manifest any structural damage in an organ. Fibromyalgia, ... > full story
FDA Approves First Drug For Treating Fibromyalgia (June 22, 2007) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Lyrica (pregabalin), the first drug to treat fibromyalgia, a disorder characterized by pain, fatigue and sleep problems. Lyrica reduces pain and ... > full story
Gabapentin Shown Effective For Fibromyalgia Pain (June 12, 2007) -- New research shows that the anticonvulsant medication gabapentin, which is used for certain types of seizures, can be an effective treatment for the pain and other symptoms associated with the ... > full story
Fibromyalgia: The Misunderstood Disease (June 2, 2007) -- Fourteen years ago, Josephine began to experience severe pain throughout her body. As her symptoms became worse, she sought help from a variety of specialists, but no one could diagnose her ... > full story
Pain From Fibromyalgia Is Real, Researchers Say (November 28, 2006) -- Many people with fibromyalgia -- a debilitating pain syndrome that affects 2 to 4 percent of the population -- have faced the question of whether the condition is real. Increasingly, though, the ... > full story
High Risk Of Migraine, Depression And Chronic Pain For IBS Sufferers, Large Study Shows (September 28, 2006) -- Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are more likely to suffer from conditions such as migraine or depression than other individuals. A study published today in BMC Gastroenterology shows that ... > full story
Fibromyalgia Increases Pain And Fatigue For Pregnant Women (July 5, 2006) -- Pregnant women with fibromyalgia (FM) experience significant pain, fatigue and psychological stress, symptoms that are often misdiagnosed or undertreated as a normal part of pregnancy, according to a ... > full story
Acupuncture Relieves Symptoms Of Fibromyalgia, Mayo Clinic Study Finds (June 13, 2006) -- Fibromyalgia is a disorder considered disabling by many, and is characterized by chronic, widespread musculoskeletal pain and symptoms such as fatigue, joint stiffness and sleep disturbance. No cure ... > full story
Pain Research Using Electronic Diaries Helps Identify Who Responds To 'Placebo Effect' (November 23, 2005) -- A new study by researchers at the University of Michigan Health System sheds some light on one group of people that seems to experience the 'placebo effect.' The researchers found that people with ... > full story
Drug Used To Treat Parkinson's Disease May Be Beneficial In Treating Fibromyalgia (July 28, 2005) -- Recently, researchers set out to investigate whether the dopamine receptor agonist pramipexole was safe and effective in treating fibromyalgia. Normally used to treat Parkinson's disease, this drug ... > full story
The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition
The first edition of this workbook is regarded as a classic in its field, and was the first book to introduce trigger point therapy to the general public as a self-care tool for alleviating chronic ... > read more
Healing Back Pain : The Mind-Body Connection
Healing Back Pain promises permanent elimination of back pain without drugs, surgery, or exercise. It should have been titled Understanding TMS Pain, because it discusses one particular cause of back ... > read more
The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain
Dr. John Sarno caused quite a ruckus back in 1990 when he suggested that back pain is all in the head. In his bestselling book, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection, he claimed that backaches, ... > read more
Pain Free : A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain
Pete Egoscue learned a lot about pain when, as a Marine officer, he was wounded in Vietnam. He segued from patient to physical therapist, and now runs a famous clinic in San Diego, where he claims ... > read more
The Miracle Ball Method : Relieve Your Pain, Reshape Your Body, Reduce Your Stress
Take two-they're small. And they perform miracles. Suffering a career-ending, potentially crippling injury to her back and right leg, a young dancer named Elaine Petrone tried everyone from ... > read more
Losing Your Pounds of Pain
This book shows how you can break the damaging connection between emotional pain and overeating to uncover your true, natural self by shedding the false skin of ... > read more
The Multifidus Back Pain Solution: Simple Exercises That Target the Muscles That Count
(New Harbinger Publications) Emory Univ. Hospital, Atlanta, GA. Consumer text, based on results from the newest scientifically proven research, offers back-pain sufferers real relief and simple ... > read more
Treat Your Own Back
Help yourself to a pain-free back. This easy-to-follow book presents over 80 pages of education and clinically-proven exercises. The simple and effective self-help exercises in Robin McKenzie's Treat ... > read more
7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life: How to Rapidly Relieve Back and Neck Pain
What causes chronic, debilitating back pain, one of the most common--and expensive to treat--ailments in the world? According to Robin McKenzie, a New Zealand physiotherapist for over 40 years and ... > read more
The Genius of Flexibility : The Smart Way to Stretch and Strengthen Your Body
Something The World Hasn't Yet Seen -- You Can Forever Be More Flexible.The Technique: RESISTANCE STRETCHING® offers immediate, cumulative, and permanent increases in flexibility, takes the pain ... > read more
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