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Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) - With this condition, your limbs -- typically your legs -- don’t get enough blood. It usually happens because your arteries have narrowed. Your legs may feel weak or numb or cramp when you walk. They might feel cold and be an odd color. Some people can manage PAD with habit changes, like quitting smoking. If that doesn’t work, your doctor might give you medicine to treat the problem or help with the pain. But some people need surgery.
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Can Stress make Pain Immortal? we discussed how our emotional state and stress affect how much pain we experience. This article discusses how the absence of emotion regulation skills increases the risk of abusing opioids by taking them other than as prescribed. Abusing opioids increases the risk of addiction and overdose.
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While an adjustable bed may help alleviate your back pain, they’re not for everyone. Here are 3 questions to help you decide if an adjustable bed is worth your hard-earned money. 1. Do You Feel Better in A Reclined Position? As a general rule, people who find relief from back pain while in a reclined position tend to benefit from sleeping in an adjustable bed.
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Sprained Ankle: It’s a tear in the tissues (called ligaments) that hold your ankle bones together. It often happens when your foot rolls sideways. Your ankle may bruise and swell. You might not be able to put weight on it. RICE is the best way to treat it: Rest, Ice for 20 minutes at a time
Compress with an elastic bandage, Elevate your ankle -- lift it above your heart.
A light sprain will get better in a few days. If yours is worse, the doctor may suggest a short cast or walking boot, followed by physical therapy.
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Pain beliefs are a major factor that affects how we experience pain. It can work both for us, and against us! The way we perceive each situation determines how we feel. Our perceptions are strongly influenced by beliefs we develop by thinking the same thoughts repeatedly. Healthy habits of thought result in more positive emotions, less stress, and less pain. Unhealthy habits of thought result in more negative emotions, more stress, and more pain.
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Most people take the action of walking for granted and don’t realize that they might not be walking correctly. Sciatica occurs because a causative factor, such as a bone, disc, or muscle in your lower back impinges on your sciatic nerve roots. When you walk and stand correctly, you align your bones in a more effective way, creating a better pathway for the course of your sciatic nerve.
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Eat to Beat Them - Muscle cramps happen when your muscles tense up and you can’t relax them. While painful, usually you can treat them yourself. Exercise, dehydration, and menstruation are common causes. One way to stop cramps is to stretch or massage your muscles and to eat enough of these key nutrients: potassium, sodium, calcium, and magnesium. They’re called electrolytes, and you can find them in the following foods.
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Did you know it's always the brain that decides when to create pain? Let's learn how we can influence it. Being told your pain is all in your head is annoying. I used to immediately shut down when any advice sounded like they were saying my pain wasn’t real. The problem is, we perceive pain—all pain—through our mind. I was ignoring information that ended up helping me when I finally listened.
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When you have back pain, your doctor may recommend muscle relaxants—a group of drugs that are typically obtained with a doctor’s prescription. These drugs have the potential to decrease tension and spasm within a sore muscle, which may reduce pain. Here are 6 important facts that you must know if you plan to take muscle relaxants for back pain: 1. Muscle Relaxants Are Typically a Second-Line Treatment for Back Pain
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What’s Frozen Shoulder? It’s pain and stiffness in your shoulder that happens slowly. It can worsen until your shoulder seems “frozen” in one position. Your doctor might call it “adhesive capsulitis.” Although it may take as much as a few years to get completely better, it can improve long before then, especially if you do physical therapy to help with recovery.
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