Holistic pain management

  Depression and anxiety disorders are plaguing our youth and adults which is a serious concern to the society and its stability. In the US alone, one in every ten adults suffer from some kind of depression. There are many treatments for depression like medication, magnetic therapies, light therapy and psychotherapy. But research and trials prove that exercise is also a great way to combat depression and evade the effects of it. When exercise is merged together with medication and natural supplements for anxiety the overall treatment becomes very effective. Although when depression and anxiety get the best of you, exercise is the last thing you might want to do, in fact the mere thought of getting up from the bed takes a lot of courage and will power. There isn’t a speck of doubt about the numerous benefits of staying physically fit and active. Exercise or any physical activity that draws your heart rate up results in various health benefits. It helps regulate your blood sugar l...

When we talk about obsessive compulsive disorder, we mainly emphasize on the compulsions that the person has no control over. Actions like repetitive hand washing, bathing, cleaning, putting things in symmetry or checking if they are in order, is mainly associated with OCD. While these compulsions are a more prominent and more explored aspect of OCD, the obsessive thoughts are often overlooked. These intrusive thoughts are the first link of the chain that leads to the compulsions as well. Sometimes people only suffer from these obsessive thoughts and not from the compulsions and this form of OCD is known as Purely Obsessional OCD or Pure O. The best OCD medication like serotonin reuptakes can be effective in the treatment of this. A sufferer of Pure O is imprinted with unwanted, uncontrollable and meddlesome thoughts. A person may not engage in the physical compulsions but that doesn’t mean that this kind of OCD is any less distressing or disruptive. Another complication of Pure O i...

  Depression and anxiety disorders are prevalent in today’s world, the age group most affected is 18-29 followed by 45-64 then 65+ and lastly those aged between 30-44. Depression and anxiety disorders symptoms are confused with sadness and laziness, but that is not true. Depression and anxiety disorders hamper a person’s ability to spend a normal life. The feelings of sadness, laziness, emptiness and loneliness are looming overhead all the time, they can strike hard even when you’re doing your favourite thing or spending time with your loved ones. Depression and anxiety disorders are as real as fever or any other illness and the stigma attached to them should now be overthrown. There’re many new and advanced ways to combat these illnesses and in this article, we’re going about one such cure called TMS therapy . What is TMS Therapy? Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a therapy that triggers or activates the brain. It uses electromagnetic pulses to stimulate the brain cells whi...

  Obsessive compulsive disorder is a disorder in which the patient has intrusive, irresistible thoughts or ideas (obsessions) about a specific act or ritual (compulsions) and a strong urge to do it over and over again. To combat the anxiety and stress, the people suffering from OCD have to perform the particular ritual or action multiple times like foot tapping, washing hands, blinking eyes, throat-clearing or scratching. OCD is fairly common according to the data collected by Harvard Medical School, around 2.3% of the population had experienced OCD at some point or the other in their lives. OCD is a long-term condition which has the ability to worsen overtime, it can hinder the way a person leads his/her normal life. While OCD can’t be cured completely, there are OCD medications that can help ease the symptoms and compulsions. OCD is normally treated with medication, cognitive behavioral therapy, brain stimulation therapies, TMS or other holistic changes. Most of the people suf...

  Pain isn’t just a fleeting feeling, or discomfort, it's way more than that, it has the ability to encapsulate you in a shell, make you dysfunctional and affect you greatly in every aspect of life. Acute pains happen to all of us, they come and go in matter of days or at most weeks. But chronic pain is the elevated version of acute pains, it hardly subsides, lasts beyond 6 months and affects us even more strongly than its lighter version. Chronic pains can cause severe depression, anxiety disorders and other mental disorders. You can also have many other health issues, which a doctor can tell you about after analysing how much pain you experience. Chronic pain management can only be done when you recognize that you have one, that would be the first step. There are various ways to recognise that you are suffering from chronic pain and you need to consult a doctor for chronic pain treatment . Firstly, if you pain hasn’t diminished for more than 2-4 weeks. If that pain is hinderin...

  Your body’s natural response to a stressful situation is anxiety. The crushing feeling of unease, edginess and fear about the outcome of the situation. It can be before an important exam, interview, speech or even a meeting. This is anxiety in a nutshell for you and everyone of us has been through it, lived it and overcome it at some point of time in our lives. But here we aren’t talking about this anxiety which subsides after the situation passes, we are talking about the anxiety that meddles with the normal life of a human being, he might need anxiety medication or even anxiety therapy. Understanding Anxiety More Profoundly When the feeling of anxiety is intense, extreme, persistent and most importantly interfering with your normal life then this isn’t the normal anxiety, it’s called the anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are common in women, men and even children. People with anxiety disorders have a looming sensation of fear and worry that keeps getting worse, eventuall...