Actually, I have worked with psychological pain management before - not
formally, but I can't stand taking Vicodin or any other
moderate-to-powerful pain medication. I prefer to busy myself with
something to keep me from thinking about it, and I find it to be very
effective. I haven't tried acupuncture yet, but I'm interested in
trying it, as I have a friend with chronic back problems who has
acupuncture treatments twice a week and swears by them.
I do admit, though - a healthy dose of nitrous and intravenous Valium
made for a nice nap.
- Jim
Larry C. Lyons wrote:
>Jim,
>
>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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