how effective is reiki in managing chronic pain?

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Answer 1

Not effective: Reiki therapy has been shown to provide short term pain relief for patients with cancer pain, but it has not been studied for chronic pain.

Answer 2

Try it: There is no specific answer as it depends what is causing your chronic pain. My advise to patients is that if the therapy is not harmful, it is worth a try. So, i recommend you try it and see if it helps.

Answer 3

? Ehlers-Danlos Syn.: The most common pain associated with eds comes from the fact that the connective tissue supporting the joints becomes lax and allows chronic joint dislocations. These people frequently notice they are "double-jointed" but later experience the chronic dislocations. A more serious kind involves blood vessels where they can spontaneously rupture. Eds can also be a limited to the skin.

Answer 4

All.: Excessive laxitity of the joints over stresses the hyperlax tendons, ligaments, and poorly articulating joints. Eds patients get accelerated arthritis (osteo).

Answer 5

It is base on time: One classification: acute pain if less than a month, sub-acute if between 1-6 months, and chronic as more than 6 months since the time of onset. Others may classify as less than 3months, 3-6 months, and more than 6 months. Lets not to forget that patient might have acute exacerbation of chronic pain.

Answer 6

Duration: Acute and chronic pain are differentiated by the duration of the pain symptoms themselves. Acute pain is often very quick in onset but also relatively rapid in dissipating, ie. Less than a few weeks. Whereas chronic pain can be both slow and quick in onset, however its duration can be quite lengthy, ie. 2-3 months or more in duration and sometimes unfortunately many years.

Answer 7

How long pain lasts: Acute means rapid onset of pain, and is usually relatively quick to resolve. An example would be pain from a minor scrape or burn. Chronic means long term pain, such as seen with arthritis or major sports injury.

Answer 8

Duration: The duration of pain determines if it is acute or chronic.

Answer 9

Duration: Acute pain lasts an order of days or weeks, while chronic pain can last months to years or even be permanent. They typically have different causes.

Answer 10

Duration of pain: Acute pain is a pain that has not lasted more than it is expected to last for the condition that produced this pain. Chronic pain is that has lasted longer than expected. Any pain that has lasted more than 3 months in most cases would be considered chronic.

Answer 11

There are many: Depression and anxiety can contribute significantly to chronic pain. Other health issues include smoking, poor nutrition, and lack of exercise. Often an injury will result in pain that lasts for greater than 6 months. When the underlying condition is treated effectively, chronic pain improves.

Answer 12

Many: Diabetes, cancer, back or neck injury, arthritis, surgery, fibromyalgia, and sickle cell disease are among the many things that cause chronic pain.

Answer 13

Pain management: Opiods should be used with caution after evaluating the patient and screening for potential addictive personality. Some type of pain, neuropathic for example, do not respond well to opioids. Long acting opioids seem to maintain blood levels better than short acting avoiding peaks and valleys that limit pain control.

Answer 14

Optional Opioids: Opioid medications are a powerful and effective means to manage chronic pain, however they should not always be the first line of treatment. Some chronic pain is chronic because of poor rehabilitation from an acute injury and other times the exact source of the problem is not discovered and managed appropriately. Thorough repeat exams along with opioids are your best long term option.

Answer 15

Very common: Chronic pain is more common than cancer, heart disease/stroke, and diabetes combined. Over 80 million americans experience chronic pain.

Answer 16

Far to common: 10-14% of adults suffer with chronic pain.

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