There are many ways to treat pain aside from prescription medicine. This can include natural medicine, therapy, exercise, or a chiropractic alignment. Although you will always want to follow your doctor's advice on how to treat pain; here are some alternative solutions for pain relief that you might not have known about.
Natural Medicine
The idea behind natural medicine (Naturopathy) is to use natural remedies to help the body heal itself. The goal of natural medicine is to help the person heal as a whole - mind, body, and soul. However, natural medicine is not to be confused with holistic medicine. While natural medicine tends to focus on herbs and natural methods of healing; holistic medicines embrace more conventional medicine with a combination of other remedies.
Just like anything medical related, you’ll want to consult your physician before jumping into natural medicine. Also, natural medicine practitioners might recommend acupuncture or a visit to the chiropractor. This is in part due to getting your body, mind, and soul realigned by means of herbs and spinal manipulation. You would be surprised what happens to the body when you’re experiencing deep stress. Therefore, getting to the root of the problem can be very helpful.
Therapy
A great way to get mental pain relief can be through therapy. The most difficult part of therapy is deciding that you need to see a therapist. What therapy can do is help you improve your painful feelings, improve your personal relationships, and much more. The reason why this is important is because stress can cause you to feel headaches, migraines, neck pain, and other forms of muscle pain.
Getting an alignment can help you fix those muscle problems; however, until you get to the root of the issue, chances are other stress related pains can show up. There are many reasons why people choose to get therapy. This can include depression, sudden loss due to death, divorce, becoming disabled, and much more. If you’re thinking of starting therapy you can ask a friend or family for a referral; Also, if you have health insurance you can ask your insurance provider to help you find a therapist.
Exercise
We recommend doing exercise as an alternative solution for pain relief. However, you will want to focus on exercises that are easy on the joints. Exercises like swimming, yoga, walking, or elliptical training tend to be easy on the joints. Also, strengthening your core is very beneficial and can help you build endurance.
When you begin to exercise our bodies tend to release chemicals that make us feel good. However, it also tends to suppress hormones that cause feelings of stress and anxiety. When you exercise you can help your body heal and lose tense muscles. A recommendation that we have is to stretch regularly especially if you have specific pain in your body.
Chiropractic Alignment
Finally, a great way to help your body get on the right track is getting a chiropractic adjustment. This is great if you’re experiencing any sort of body pain. An adjustment can help treat a number of issues including headache relief, vertigo, back pain, and more. It’s not only good if you’re experiencing pain, but also for prevention. Scheduling an adjustment is easy, convenient, and very cost effective.
The way it works is you can either schedule an appointment or walk-in to our offices. We will then do an assessment and figure out where you’re experiencing pain. You will be instructed on how to lay down and we’ll take it from there. Your road to recovery can begin today - you don’t have to live with the physical pain.