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Back pain is one of the common ailments suffered today. In fact, almost 20% of the entire Singapore population suffers from back and neck pain at any one point in time.

It is quite surprising that many doctors admit that placebos or fake drugs are commonly used as part of pain management.

People who are suffering from chronic pain have to face and withstand not only the physical pain but also other torments that come with the disease. They have to put up with expenses for medication and treatment, physical limits, work issues, relationship issues and people who don’t understand what they’re going through. Some of them even develop excessive anxiety and depression. And it gets even worse for people who have severe chronic pain diseases such as fibromyalgia. People suffering from chronic pain have to put up with all these other things between bouts of pain. With all these costs, any person who is suffering from chronic pain should insist on getting the worth of all his pains.

Pain management is the key to the preservation and improvement of the quality of life of people who are suffering from chronic pain. It is a fact that pain medications, whether prescription or over-the-counter, have numerous side effects, complications and health risks. That is the reason why people have become hesitant and quite fearful to take over-the-counter drugs. To address this concern, non-stop research and new discoveries on pain treatment and pain management are being made every day in the quest to find more effective ways of treating and handling pain without doing too harm to the body.

Therapy provided by a chiropractor has a long history of being controversial. The medical community historically has seen this alternative type of treatment as less than scientific and significantly disagreed with the practice of it. However, in recent years it has gained legitimacy and is more accepted in the medical community and included in traditional insurance – chiropractic benefit coverage is now part of many health plans.

You know that it’s time to see a pain management specialist once you start suffering from chronic pain. But when does pain become chronic?

Meditation is one of the most preferred alternative pain management techniques. It reduces pain in two ways – through relaxation and distraction.

Add heart disease and death to the roster of health risks that common over-the-counter and prescription pain medications may cause.

Some people suffer from chronic pain because of trauma, injuries and diseases like cancer, diabetes, shingles and arthritis. Most people, however, have chronic pain owing to years of strain and damage to the body. The body may be damaged by abuse from sports activities and even in ordinary daily activities.

We have always known that pain management research is geared towards finding alternative and better ways of treating and managing pain. Present-day anesthesia and pain medications are all loaded with undesirable side effects. The use of anesthesia in surgeries is unquestionably effective. However, overcoming post operative pain, discomfort and risks which arise from the effects of anesthesia is quite a struggle. Pain medications also has a long list of dangers, risks and unwanted side effects associated with them. These are the reasons why researchers are continuously looking for safer and less inconvenient ways of easing pain. Some have resorted to alternative methods like meditation, distraction and relaxation. All these help reduce pain but they are not effective in numbing pain. Leaving no stone unturned, there are current studies on a possible alternative to anesthetics and pain medication – hot chili peppers!