Pain Management
For a lot of people struggling with severe and chronic pain, if there isn’t a widely accepted treatment that their GP can write a prescription for, then they often get told ‘sorry – I can’t help’ or ‘stick with the paracetamol’ or ‘next is surgery’.
There’s a LOT that can be done to manage pain, including:
- Shifting default lifestyle patterns
- Managing your stress levels
- Using proven supplements
- Applying centuries of herbal medicine knowledge
My approach to managing acute and chronic pain
As a qualified Naturopath and Remedial Massage Therapist I see a lot of patients with pain issues. People come to me out of frustration – and even despair.
If you need help with managing acute and chronic pain, then get in touch today through my CONTACT page.
For a faster start, download your confidential questionnaire and email it to me.
General advice from my blog on pain management
Why do we keep plugging paracetamol for chronic pain?
Even so-called harmless paracetamol at the recommended dose has been shown to be harmful with chronic use in over 65 year olds. Could this be you?
CHRONIC PAIN Part 2: How Naturopathic and Complementary medicine may help you
Persistent chronic pain is debilitating. Find ways to manage without the side effects of drugs. Natural Therapies can help
CHRONIC PAIN Part 1: I’m regularly in pain – but my GP just says “You’re getting old – there’s nothing to fix that” or “you’re on the highest dose of medication your body can handle’
Chronic pain is debilitating, especially when you feel like you’ve got to the end of the line. But wait, there’s more help available
Pain management – beyond mainstream painkillers
Your friendly neighbourhood Naturopath can help you design a whole-person pain management program that goes way beyond “pop pills and soldier on”. Plus avoid/minimise some of the less-know side effects of pharmaceuticals.
Manage your migraine and headache pain with fewer painkillers
Natural and complementary therapies can be useful alternatives for both treating pain and for preventing migraine, tension-type headaches and headache pain. Headache disorders are common – nearly 2/3rds of adults are affected by repeated patterns of tension-type headaches. 2% of adults are victims of chronic migraine. Migraines severely disrupt the lives of sufferers and are…
Pain management through massage
Research on chronic pain has shown that massage can be as useful for pain management as paracetamol and Nurofen (and you don’t have to worry about constipation and other side effects). I’m running a 1/2 day Massage for Couples workshop on the afternoon of Sunday February 16th, 2020. Come along and you can learn…