Ten out of Ten for Pain Relief?
Dr Pete Gladwell specialises in clinical physiotherapy in the pain management service at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol. He tells us more about the effects and benefits of using TENS as part of your pain management regime. How does TENS work? TENS stands for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. The device has been around since the 1960s [...]
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Fibromyalgia
Dr John Tanner discusses the fibromyalgia syndrome and research into its treatment.
(This document needs updating, and will be altered to give a more current view soon)
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Amitriptyline
Many people living with chronic pain are daunted by the prospect of long term or even permanent drug therapy. What are these drugs, are they safe and how do they work? Concerns such as these can stop people perservering with medicines that may offer a real life enhancing solution to their condition. In this article [...]
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