Alternative Chronic Pain Treatment for the Substance Abuser In the United States‚ there are more than 100 million people suffering from some sort of chronic pain. With the most common treatment is being prescribed medications such as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory‚ or opioids (Boyles‚ 2011). Treating chronic pain with opioids can be affective. But the long term use presents many problems. Especially with treating a substance abuser of prescription or nonprescription opioid drugs. Patients that
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Reiki Therapy for Pain Management M. Adams University of Central Florida Topic Reiki is a form of energy healing in which the practitioner uses light touch to channel the flow of energy to promote healing‚ relaxation‚ and overall wellness (Richeson‚ Spross‚ Lutz & Peng‚ 2011). Reiki has its roots in Japan as a method of therapeutic healing (Ernst‚ Lee & Pittler‚ 2008). It is believed to have originated in Tibet thousands of years ago and renewed in the
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In Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment‚ a realm of suffering and deep distress was illustrated through the characterization of Sonia Semyonovna Marmeladov. Within the novel‚ Dostoevsky paints an image of Sonia as a young lower-class woman who struggles with her physical reality of suffering as well as an emotional battle to redeem herself and others. In doing so‚ Dostoevsky forces the reader to examine the corruption that followed the religious systems within the Russian society. Throughout the
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Aim I am going to compare and contrast 3 pain assessment tools‚ which would be appropriate for use in our clinical area‚ using current literature‚ benchmarks and practice guidelines. If pain is what the person tell he is (McCaffery M‚ Pasero‚ 1999) therefore pain assessment tools should be based on the patient’s own perception of their pain and its severity. But sometimes it ’s difficult to express the pain that we feel into words. Pain assessment tools have two main categories: multi-dimensional
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The concept of pain and emotion is an idea that has been apart of every human’s life since the beginning of time. Pain has affected all people at one point in their life‚ however‚ what kind of pain is what makes each situation unique to an individual. The idea of being denied the right to feel safe and welcomed by the people around you is a heart breaking and depressing thought that Hester experienced in “The Scarlet Letter”‚ when she is punished for finding another lover‚ while still being married
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if not physically‚ hurt. Perhaps the man in this photo is unaware of it. Perhaps the woman did not see it coming. Either way‚ the pain that is inflicted and received is powerfully damaging. Every day there are millions of people that are affected by the many calamities of the world that we live in today. Compared to such forms of suffrage‚ the fact that pain can be inflicted with simply the way in which we speak is doubtful‚ although it is most certainly true. Many use the way in which they
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It’s a distraction. It’s irritating. It’s Tinnitus. Ringing of the ears can change your life drastically‚ and usually not on the good side. We know that at the moment‚ there is no outright cure for tinnitus. This ringing will stay and might get worse. And while our doctors and scientists work hard in finding a cure‚ we can‚ by ourselves find ways on how to handle tinnitus so it won’t affect our lives. While a cure is not available‚ managing ringing of the ears is feasible. The first step‚ when tinnitus
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Pain is a word that most of us hate even to experience in life. It is a fundamental element that we feel‚ When we get hurt physically or mentally. In a very small age‚ it is common to fall down and cry because of a slightly pain. The more we experience it the more we grow stronger in future. Physical pain is what we feel outside‚ It is temporary and we learn from it‚ The one in the inside called Mental pain can last for even a whole year and even keep us thinking. In a young age‚ We experience
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In the biblical book of Job‚ the main protagonist undergoes a huge deal of human suffering. While lamenting his woes‚ Job questions God and asks: “[w]hy let people go on living in misery?” He then proceeds to say that “God keeps their future hidden and hems them in on every side.” (Job 3:20) Here‚ Job challenges God and attributes him to his suffering and afflictions. In response to Job‚ God details his power through the various things he created. In the passage of Job 37-40‚ He asks a series of
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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF POLYGAMY IN ISLAM‚ AND MUHAMMAD REGARDING THE SAME. ARGUMENTS POSED IN DEFENSE OF ISLAM: Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one spouse. Polygamy can be of two types. One is polygyny where a man marries more than one woman‚ and the other is polyandry‚ where a woman marries more than one man. In Islam‚ limited polygyny (up till four wives) is permitted; whereas polyandry is completely prohibited. RESPONSE: I agree with your definitions
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