people's beliefs in their own ability to control pain. Across all
conditions, cognitive methods, hypnosis and acupuncture, the best predictor
of pain reduction was whether the person believed a particular method was
effective in controlling pain, and the degree to which he or she thought
that method would work for them. A planned follow up was to compare these
results to drug therapies. Unfortunately we never got the funding or
permission to try it. I suspect that these same belief factors would have
worked the same with pain control drugs.
larry
At 12:17 PM 10/21/2003, you wrote:
>Don't tell that to Limbaugh. He'll be all over it.
>
>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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