Do you often feel pain here and there? Don’t just endure chronic pain anymore. Here are 5 ways to relieve it.

Pain is a warning signal from the body

Just like a cold and a headache, a mouth ulcer and a mouth pain

This pain usually subsides after the disease is cured.

But there is one kind of pain - chronic pain

The "warning signals" keep ringing every day

Can’t tell when it hurts?

Can’t find the root cause of the disease?

The solution is all up to you

Whether it is headache, sore throat, joint pain, back pain, etc., most people's first reaction is that there is something wrong with the body and the pain is caused by illness. But do you know that chronic pain itself is a disease ?

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Chronic pain is affected by chronic degenerative diseases or caused by injury and inflammation, such as joint pain caused by osteoarthritis, spinal pain, chronic persistent pain after surgery, cancer pain, etc.

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The International Association for the Study of Pain defines chronic pain as pain of no apparent biological value that persists beyond normal tissue healing time, usually longer than 3 months , or beyond the time required for healing of an acute injury .

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Many patients with chronic pain look for various folk remedies on the Internet, or use unproven and incorrect methods to relieve pain, which not only fails to relieve chronic pain, but makes it worse.

1

sports

Most people who often have pain in their body are afraid to exercise, fearing that exercise will make the pain worse. In fact, exercise can allow the body to naturally produce "painkillers" .

Because exercise can promote the release of endorphins , which have a good analgesic effect. In addition, exercise can strengthen weak muscles, move stiff joints, help restore body coordination and balance, increase patients' comfort, and improve cardiovascular function. It is comparable to painkillers in relieving symptoms.

It should be noted that different chronic pain patients are suitable for different types of exercise. For example, patients with lumbar disc herniation are suitable for mat exercise and swimming, but not for running and jumping. In addition, the exercise should not be too intense. You can do some relaxing exercises such as walking and Tai Chi.

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2

massage

Massage relaxes tense muscles and other tissues, and the friction blocks the sensation of pain from the brain.

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But be careful not to get a massage in the following situations:

During pregnancy or menstruation

Suffering from infectious diseases

Suffering from high blood pressure and heart disease

Skin damage and bleeding tendency

Bone destruction, etc.

3

Heat

Hot compress can reduce the excitability of pain nerves, improve blood circulation, reduce inflammatory edema, relieve pressure on local nerve endings, and relax muscles and ligaments.

The temperature of the hot compress should not be too high to avoid burns.

4

Distraction

Distraction is the process of shifting your attention away from pain, or the negative emotions that come with pain, to other stimuli.

Distraction can be internal, such as counting sheep in the mind, singing to oneself, recalling the plot of a TV series you have watched, etc.; it can also be external, such as listening to music, watching TV, chatting with friends and family, etc.

5

Go to the hospital

Some friends may say that they have been to the hospital a long time ago. They went to the orthopedics department because of the unbearable back pain. The doctor said there was nothing wrong with the bones, so they went to the neurology department, but they also couldn't find anything wrong.

For pain-related diseases, you can also go to the pain department !

For chronic pain, including intractable pain for which the cause cannot be found, or the cause can be found but cannot be cured , such as various intractable neuropathic pains, musculoskeletal diseases including cervical and lumbar disc herniation, cancer pain, osteoporosis, various difficult pains and some non-pain diseases...you can go to the pain department for treatment.

Doctors will analyze the causes of pain and the physiological and pathological components, and provide patients with medication, nerve blocks, various types of neuromodulation and nerve destruction therapy, and other minimally invasive interventional surgical treatments as well as psychological treatments to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life.

Long-term pain

It will greatly affect normal life and work

Stop trying to be a ninja.

In the face of pain

No need to pretend to be strong!

Statement: This article is a medical-related educational popular science article. It does not involve specific treatment methods or medical behaviors and cannot replace hospital visits.

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References

[1] Luo Hong, Zheng Yili, Wang Jing, et al. Assessment and relief strategies for chronic pain[J]. Modern Preventive Medicine, 2012, 39(5):4. DOI:CNKI:SUN:XDYF.0.2012-05-049.

[2] Classification and definition of chronic pain[J]. Chinese Journal of Pain Medicine, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2021, pp. 2-8, ISTIC PKU CSCD CA, 2021. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9852.2021.01.002.

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