This literature review will be looking at an assortment of scholarly articles available online in order to investigate the effects of different kinds of chronic joint pain‚ their causes and different methods of treatment with varying levels of effectiveness and acceptance by the medical community. Chronic joint pain is primarily caused by arthritis‚ the common name for over 200 diseases and conditions that cause swelling and inflammation of joints and surrounding tissues. The most common forms of
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Although relatively new in Western medicine‚ acupuncture was developed over 3‚000 years ago in China. Used to treat just about everything from nausea to pain‚ acupuncture has become one of the most popular‚ and most intriguing‚ medical treatments at the moment. If you’re suffering from chronic pain‚ you might be considering trying this ancient‚ and often effective‚ practice‚ but first‚ you may be interested in finding how and why it works. How Acupuncture Works Acupuncture is based on the traditional
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my hand reaches for the metal bucket.I squeeze the side of my rib in hopes of lessening the pain but it gets worse. It gets really worse. Unable to bear it any longer‚my knees buckle and I fall on the hardwood floor.My hands grip my sides‚hoping to stop the sudden pain‚but my attempts are futile. My bones crack as I crouch down in agony.But I know I can’t stay on the floor any longer.So despite my pain‚I crawl slowly towards the fire place and remove the remaining ashes.The cracking of my ligaments
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16.7 Depth Scales * Explain what is meant by a “hypnotic depth scale.” * Give examples and explain the issues relating to the use of depth scales When discussing the topic of hypnotic depth they are referring to how ‘deep’ the subject is/can go into hypnosis and what is possible at that perceived level of depth. If you do the research you will find lots of different scales of depth‚ here I have taken the scale from the coursework provided by Adam Eason School of Therapeutic Hypnosis which
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Pain Veronica Tran Essay #1 Psy 1 (#48954) Pain Everyone everywhere will experience pain; whether it is everyday or once a week. Paper cuts‚ pinches‚ or even simply jamming your fingers between your door‚ are all painful accidents. Pain is the undesirable feeling; the red alert which signals our attention to something unfavorable happening to our bodies. Our bodies can detect pain by nocioceptors. Nocioceptors are special nerve receptors designed for stimuli that are encountered as painful
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Lusk Defintion Essay Pain No matter who you are‚ what you have and what you’ve achieved in life‚ we’ve all felt pain somewhere in our life. What is pain? Pain is one of the six universal emotions alongside happiness‚ sadness‚ surprise‚ fear‚ disgust and anger. The majority of these emotions indicate a form of pain. Pain is an emotion that feels like a catastrophic turn of events in our body that has damaged a part of our personal life like our world has fallen apart. Pain is an emotion that’s unavoidable
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Pain is described as an “unpleasant physical and emotional experience which signifies tissue damage or the potential for such damage.” Pain is a very important part of dealing with athletic injuries and even though most people have experiences pain‚ it is still more complex than most release. Pain can effect and entire organism and is the altering of the physical and psychological processes. If there is a failure to understand the emotional component of pain can affect the relationship between the
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Introduction Imagine waking up every morning immediately in pain. You don’t get the chance to develop a headache‚ eat something to make your stomach hurt‚ or step the wrong way and hurt your knee. You already experience it the second you open your eyes. This is the life of a person living with chronic pain. People don’t realize when someone is suffering from chronic pain because it’s a condition that doesn’t have visible characteristics. Due to not having visible characteristics and no way to
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In “The Secularization of Pain”‚ Canton charts how the social atmosphere influenced attitudes and beliefs surrounding pain from the Middle Ages onwards to the present day. In the Middle Ages‚ Canton states‚ “disease and pain were punishment‚ inflicted for breaking the divine law.” (494) Since‚ sin and pain were correlated‚ one can also expect there to be a stigma to sick people. So‚ religion acted as a hindrance to the alleviation of pain since it prevented one to venture out in that sphere. Hence
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LOW BACK PAIN – ACUTE It is the pain felt in your lower back which may come from the spine‚ muscles‚ nerves‚ or other nearby structures. It may also be due to problems in your mid or upper back‚ the testicles or ovaries‚ or a hernia in the groin. CAUSES * If you are like most people‚ you will have at least one backache in your life. While such pain or discomfort can happen anywhere in your back‚ the most common area affected is your low back. This is because the low back supports most of
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