Pain Management

 

Our Pain Management Advice

Pain is obviously unpleasant, uncomfortable feeling and can vary from mild to acute pain. 

Pain is a signal from our bodies defence system alerting us that something is not right - thankfully in most cases we know the causes of the pain and we can manage the pain ourselves without the help of a medical professional.

We must stress the importance of seeking medical advice if you are unsure in any way of the pain, especially if the pain is re-occurring.

Headache Pain

The top three causes of headaches are sinus, tension and migraine.

Some of the most common causes of tension headaches are stress, tiredness, drinking too much alcohol, lack of nutrition, caffeine withdrawal, cessation of some medications, food allergy or intolerance

 

Muscular Pain

The top four causes of muscular pain are:

• Tension

• Stress

• Over-use of muscles

• Exercising

Muscular pain best responds to anti-inflammatory medicine Ibuprofen.

References

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/causes-of-headaches