Kiran Khaira, MA Jennifer Brusewitz, ND Fibromyalgia is a common cause of chronic musculoskeletal pain, affecting approximately 2-8% of the population, predominantly females, with the prevalence increasing with age. The pain is usually accompanied by a multitude of...
Pain Medicine
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The Smell of Pain
The Power of Olfaction in the Relief of Pain Sarah A. LoBisco, ND According to the American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM), millions of Americans suffer from pain. In fact, chronic pain affects more of the population than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer...
Topical Castor Oil
An Age-Old Remedy Provides Powerful Pain Relief Emily Telfair, ND My personal relationship with the castor plant began over 8 years ago when I was gifted a small castor seedling from my neighbor, an amateur horticulturist. Over the course of that summer, I watched my...
Physical Medicine for Migraine
Case Study Shows the Power of Cervical Adjustments and Trigger-Point Release Student Scholarship – Honorable Mention Case Study Robyn Prescott, BA, BINM Alana Shaw, bsc, ND According to the International Headache Society guidelines, the Global Burden of Disease Survey...
Glutamine: A Solution for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy?
Malea MacOdrum, NCNM Loch chandler, ND, Msom, lac Student Scholarship – Honorable Mention Case Study Peripheral neuropathy is a serious and often treatment-limiting side effect of several common cancer chemotherapeutics. Aside from impacting activities of daily living...
Articular Neurology
How Osseous Manipulation Helps Joint Pain – A Neurological Explanation Nick Buratovich, NMD In the greater modality of physical medicine, osseous manipulation lies within the practice of manual medicine. Manual medicine, as osseous manipulation, is a touch treatment...
Adverse Childhood Trauma: Setting the Stage for Chronic Pain
Paul Epstein, ND and Node Smith “When any experience of body, heart, or mind keeps repeating in consciousness, it is a signal that this visitor is asking for a deeper and fuller attention. Under all the tears, the pain, the fear, and the anger we have contracted our...
Bowenwork for Pain: A Winner, Hands Down
Cheryl Kasdorf, ND A 17-year-old female had “spasms up and down [her] back every 30 seconds, which were painful and exhausting.” After a visit to the ER and a spinal tap to check for meningitis, they gave her pain meds and muscle relaxers and sent her home. Nothing...
Acupuncture and Gluten Elimination for Peripheral Neuropathy: A Case Study
Lydia Thurton, ND Abstract This study describes the case of a 55-year-old male with painful peripheral neuropathy, which was severely hindering his quality of life. Despite numerous pharmaceutical interventions, his pain was poorly managed. Electroacupuncture and a...
Removing Obstacles to Cure in Pain Syndromes
Naturopathic Perspective Jeff Harris, ND In his book The Neurobiology of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration,1 Professor Douglas Zochodne states: “Neuropathic pain is a severe and debilitating pain that can render patients unable to walk, work, sleep or enjoy life…[Full]...