Alternative Pain Treatment Directory

Don’t fall for the latest dangerous treatment being touted for chronic pain:  electroconvulsive therapy  (ECT). ECT involves sending electric currents through the brain to trigger a brief seizure, under general anesthesia. It has historically been used to treat severe depression and other mental health conditions but now is being considered as a treatment for chronic pain. There have been a number of case reports published about treating chronic pain with ECT in recent years. No clinical studies have been conducted. According to a 2023  systematic review  of 109 cases, (78%) of cases reported reduction in Many of the case reports did not include information on the degree of improvement or the length of the follow up period to determine if any improvements lasted. There was almost no mention of the risks and side effects of the procedure. The authors of the review recommend further study because they believe ECT is a viable option for treating chronic pain. I believ...

  By: Dr. Michael J. Cooney, Clinical Director, Calmare Therapy NJ USA For many people battling neuropathy, traditional pain management does not yield sustained pain relief or fails to reduce pain at all. Unpleasant medication side effects debilitate others. Parents often choose not to give their children prescription pain medications designed for adults. When traditional medical care fails these pain sufferers and their loved ones, they face a difficult dilemma— what now?   As a pain management practitioner, I faced the same challenge with a growing segment of my patients. In 2010, after a two-year search for a drug-free therapy that didn’t cause my patients added pain, I discovered Calmare scrambler therapy. How does scrambler therapy treat nerve pain? The Calmare MC-5A medical device creates a low-energy electrical impulse that delivers a “no-pain” signal to the brain through 16 distinct algorithms. The goal of this painless process, performed only by clinically trained hea...