by PAINS Project | Jul 17, 2017 | Living with Pain, Pain Policy, Veterans |
Published in Mineral Daily News-Tribune To the Editor: I am writing this letter because of my husband’s health issues and declining quality of life. He is 74 years old and has chronic back pain. After trying physical therapy and chiropractic therapy, which did not...
by PAINS Project | Jul 5, 2017 | News, Pain Policy, Veterans |
Published by National Pain Report A couple of things have occurred in the last week that have encouraged me to write this column. Here’s what we propose: If you are a veteran with chronic pain–please send us an email to [email protected] and tell us your...
by PAINS Project | Jun 27, 2017 | Treatment Options, Veterans |
Published by Veterans Health Administration There’s a revolution in the treatment of back pain now that research shows that physical therapy, spinal manipulation, and yoga can help as much as surgery or drugs — with far fewer risks. That advice is backed up by a new...
by PAINS Project | May 23, 2017 | News, Treatment Options, Veterans |
Published by VHA Twenty-eight-year-old Katie Hudgin said she sometimes walks over to her favorite horse, Diesel, and buries her face in his neck. “It’s like I’m giving him a hug and he’s hugging me back,” said the Army Veteran. “He’s my buddy. If he even sees me look...
by PAINS Project | May 2, 2017 | Integrative Medicine, News, Treatment Options, Veterans |
Veterans are two times more likely than the civilian population to develop an addiction to opioids. The Veterans Health Administration, or VA, released a new set of guidelines in 2013 called The Opioid Safety Initiative, which concluded that opioids are not the best...
by PAINS Project | Mar 24, 2017 | News, Treatment Options, Veterans |
Published by Stars & Stripes About 50 flight surgeons from 21 countries wrapped up a day of training at an international medical conference here this week with matching gold-plated studs set in their ears. Their ears sparkled in the name of medicine: This was a...
