Alternative Pain Treatment Directory

Fibromyalgia is a medical condition that causes pain all over the body. This is accompanied by fatigue and sleep, memory and mood problems. Despite the fact that the fibromyalgia diagnosis has been accepted in conventional medicine for two decades, there is little agreement about what it is or what causes it. There is no reliable diagnostic test. Conventional treatment focuses on managing the symptoms with pharmaceuticals. The pharmaceuticals prescribed for pain, which include gabapentin, pregabalin (Lyrica). milnacipran (Savella), duloxetine (Cymbalta) and opioids, are not very effective and have many negative side effects. As a result, many fibromyalgia patients are searching for a natural treatment for fibromyalgia pain. Fortunately, there are many natural treatments for fibromyalgia pain that alleviate symptoms without causing significant side effects. Here are the top six: 1. Cannabis (Marijuana and CBD) Many experts now believe that fibromyalgia is a result of an endocannabinoid ...

  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...