How much data and research findings should I show you that supports the
efficacy of acupuncture, hypnotic analgesia, relaxation/cognitive
techniques. My research library at home has about 400 peer reviewed journal
articles that attest to the efficacy of these methods. There are quite a
lot more in the general medical and psychological research literature. Look
at the medical journal Pain, about half of its articles on a regular basis
involve "psychological" pain control methods. If you do a quick search of
medline you'll find another 2000 or so. A few studies I know of has shown
that with the proper training, hypnotic analgesia is as effective (and at
times more effective) as major analgesics in reducing pain.
larry
At 11:45 AM 10/21/2003, you wrote:
>I found that the efficacy of pain reduction in regards to my (late)
>wisdom teeth was directly related to the amound of Vicodin I was
>consuming at the time.
>
>- Jim, realist
>
>Larry C. Lyons wrote:
>
> >Try your left hand first.
> >
> >A bit of background, when I was a research assistant for a pain control
> >clinic, they were conducting a large acupuncture study. I was doing the
> >initial intake and some of the data analysis. I had an impacted wisdom
> >tooth that was bothering me. The chief acupuncturist (who was also a
> >neurologist btw) suggested that I try rubbing ice along that part of the
> >hand, and explained it to me. It worked well enough to reduce the pain to
> >more manageable levels.
> >
> >Remember YMMV. One of the strongest results of the study was that the
> >efficiacy of the pain reduction was directly mediated by belief factors.
> >
> >larry
> >
> >At 10:40 AM 10/21/2003, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Lets see. All my teeth feel like they're being slowly extracted so I should
> >>either work on both hands or my belly button. :)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Opposite side to where the pain is - remember that the sensory nerves
> >>>crossover so that pain on the right is registered in the left side of the
> >>>brain.
> >>>
> >>>larry
> >>>
> >>>At 09:52 AM 10/21/2003, you wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Which hand?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>At 02:30 AM 10/21/2003, you wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Yes, it's late at night and I can't sleep. It feels like all of my
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>teeth
> >>
> >>
> >>>>are
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>being pulled out slowly at once. What can I do to alleviate the pain?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>Well, I
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>can write new list code. :)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>MIke,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>One thing that might help is to take some ice and rub it along the
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>piece
> >>
> >>
> >>>>of
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>flesh between the thumb and the index finger. Its an acupuncture point
> >>>>>that's related to controlling pain in the head and teeth.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>larry
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>----------
> >>>>[
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>----------
> >>[
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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