Veterans | PAINS - Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy

Acupuncture becomes popular as battlefield pain treatment

PAINS Project — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:28:50 +0000

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 hands-on workshop on battlefield acupuncture, an alternative therapy that’s vying […]

The post Acupuncture becomes popular as battlefield pain treatment appeared first on PAINS - Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy.

Fewer Vets on Opioids Following VA Initiative

PAINS Project — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 19:13:09 +0000

But questions about pain severity, functional outcomes remain Published by MedPage Today Fewer veterans are taking opioids, thanks to an initiative across the Department of Veterans Affairs health system designed to diminish prescribing of the drugs, researchers reported here. After the implementation of the Opioid Safety Initiative (OSI) in 2013, nearly a third fewer veterans […]

The post Fewer Vets on Opioids Following VA Initiative appeared first on PAINS - Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy.

Veteran helps service members and veterans ease pain through yoga

PAINS Project — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 20:34:05 +0000

Published by The Fort hood Herald Being flexible enough to touch your toes isn’t the point of yoga, and Lisa Kelly wants everyone to know it’s OK if you can’t. She can’t do that, either, and she owns a yoga studio. When she first opened up Live and Let Liv Yoga at 3803 Levy Lane […]

The post Veteran helps service members and veterans ease pain through yoga appeared first on PAINS - Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy.

Phantom Limb Pain Managed Effectively By Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

PAINS Project — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 08:31:53 +0000

Published by Anesthesiology News Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) significantly reduced phantom limb pain in patients who had lost limbs to land mine explosions for up to 15 days, according to a study in the Journal of Pain (2016 ;17:911-918). Sixty-three percent of patients experienced a greater than 50% reduction in pain. No significant side […]

The post Phantom Limb Pain Managed Effectively By Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation appeared first on PAINS - Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy.

Navy veteran finds healing in Mindful Yoga Therapy

PAINS Project — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 16:57:32 +0000

Published by The Tribune-Democrat Anthony Scaletta will tell you he didn’t come to yoga, yoga came to him. “Yoga has completely changed everything for me,” the 36-year-old Johnstown resident said. “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say it saved me because I was on a destructive path at different times in my life and […]

The post Navy veteran finds healing in Mindful Yoga Therapy appeared first on PAINS - Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy.

Veterans More Likely to Have Chronic Pain

PAINS Project — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 11:52:57 +0000

Published by Pain News Network Nearly one out of ten U.S. military veterans suffers from chronic severe pain, according to an extensive new survey that found the prevalence of pain higher in veterans than non-veterans, particularly in veterans who served during recent armed conflicts. The survey by the National Institutes of Health provides the first […]

The post Veterans More Likely to Have Chronic Pain appeared first on PAINS - Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy.

VA working toward end of veteran suicides

PAINS Project — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 11:51:49 +0000

Published by The Herald-Dispatch Every day in America, 20 people who dedicated their lives to serving and protecting the country commit suicide. While that number is down from recent years, Brian Nimmo, director of the Huntington VA Medical Center, said one is too many. “We still have a lot of work to do,” Nimmo said […]

The post VA working toward end of veteran suicides appeared first on PAINS - Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy.

VA doctor to research approaches to chronic pain

PAINS Project — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:43:52 +0000

Published by Star Tribune A researcher for the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital has been awarded a $12.5 million grant to compare approaches to pain management. The study comes as the VA struggles for answers about how to deal with veterans with chronic pain. It also comes as the VA begins an era where it is […]

The post VA doctor to research approaches to chronic pain appeared first on PAINS - Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy.

Southern Nevada VA health officials emphasizing alternatives to opioids for treating pain

PAINS Project — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 12:01:50 +0000

Published by the Las Vegas Review-Journal For five years, Arthur Maheu took morphine three times a day to ease intense pain in his lower back. He tried another opioid, Vicodin, but stopped using it because it caused an allergic reaction. Maheu, 63, didn’t like taking morphine because it made him constipated and lethargic. About six […]

The post Southern Nevada VA health officials emphasizing alternatives to opioids for treating pain appeared first on PAINS - Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy.

Vets With Chronic Pain Find Relief At VA’s Pain Schools

PAINS Project — Tue, 31 May 2016 15:30:50 +0000

Published by Task & Purpose The VA’s pain schools offer a way to treat chronic pain that doesn’t rely on prescription drugs like opioids. For veterans dealing with chronic pain, the pain program at a VA medical center in Bedford, Massachusetts, offers an alternative treatment method that doesn’t rely on prescription drugs. According to WBUR, […]

The post Vets With Chronic Pain Find Relief At VA’s Pain Schools appeared first on PAINS - Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy.