Features Related to Pain Management

1. Mind Your Body: Pain, Pain, Go Away
   

   By Karen Baar Pain is typically the sign of a broken body part. But often it has a life of its own—flaring up when you least expect it, spreading to other areas, and even persisting once the offending source is fully healed. In the end, it's in your head. Which means pain can play mind games with yo

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2. Exercises Can Ease Arthritis Pain
   

   If you've got aching joints and arthritis, exercise can help. It may be hard to believe, but experts agree -- moving your joints helps relieve joint pain. "When you exercise, you strengthen the muscles around the joints, which helps take stress off joints," says Richard Weil, MEd, CDE, WebMD's fitne

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3. Chronic Pain: New Research, New Treatments
   

   As recently as 20 years ago, people with chronic pain were too often dismissively told that their problem was "in their heads" or that they were hypochondriacs. But in the last decade, a handful of dedicated researchers learned that chronic pain is not simply a symptom of something else -- such as a

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4. 7 Pains You Shouldn't Ignore
   

   Whoever coined the term "necessary evil" might have been thinking of pain. No one wants it, yet it's the body's way of getting your attention when something is wrong. You're probably sufficiently in tune with your body to know when the pain is just a bother, perhaps the result of moving furniture a

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5. The Right Pressure
   

   By Karen Barrow Rolfing eases chronic pain and stress by loosening the connective tissue between muscles and bones. Kelly McFall’s lower back pain came out of nowhere and quickly became unbearable. “I was out for a run about five years ago, and it got so bad that I started crying,” the elementary sc

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6. Cervical Disc Disease and Neck Pain
   

   Nothing lasts forever, especially the human body. Decades of bending, lifting, turning, and twisting can really take their toll on your neck. Considering all that repetitive stress, it's no surprise that about two-thirds of people will experience neck pain at some point in their lives. Cervical disc

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7. Why You Must Protect Your Knees
   

   By Jeannette Moninger Women are the weaker-kneed sex - really! Ease the pain with these tips. Years of stooping, kneeling, and running around really takes a toll on your knees, and women have it especially bad: Studies show we're up to six times more likely than men to suffer from knee injuries like

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8. 6 Surprising Headache Triggers... and How to fix Them
   

   By Hallie Levine Skylar Feel better fast by making these simple adjustments to your routine. Everyone knows a sinus infection or a major work project can make your head throb. But headaches can also be triggered by seemingly innocuous everyday activities like sleeping in on Saturdays or cleaning you

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9. The Price Tag of Chronic Pain
   

   Question: An 80-year-old with arthritis, a 50-year-old with a bad back, and a 20-year-old with migraines -- what do these people have in common? Answer? Chronic pain. Pain was once viewed only as a symptom, the consequence of another condition. It was often ignored as doctors focused on treating its

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10. Is Chronic Pain on the Rise?
    

    As the first baby boomers hit their 60s, many are finding life hurts a bit more than it once did. Whether playing tennis, lifting a basket of laundry, or just getting out of bed, pain -- for some, chronic pain -- is a new companion. "We have an aging population," says Robert Bonakdar, MD, director o

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