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Pain Control—Learn about pain control
Pain can be caused by many things, such as an injury, a surgery, or a health problem like low back pain or cancer. Long-term pain that isn’t controlled can make it harder to enjoy life. But there are ways you can learn to manage pain. And managing pain can have a lot of benefits, like being able to do more activities or sleep better. You may feel more able to enjoy life. Our topics can help you find ways to keep your pain under control.
Find out more about managing pain in topics such as:
- Acetaminophen
- Acupuncture
- Aspirin for Pain, Fever, and Inflammation
- Back Pain During Pregnancy
- Back Pain in Children and Teenagers
- Back School for Low Back Pain
- Back to Work?
- Bodywork and Manual Therapy
- Botulinum (Botox) Injection for Low Back Pain
- Capsaicin
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pain Management
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Comprehensive Rehabilitation Programs for Low Back Pain
- Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Pain
- Evaluating Pain in a Child
- Exercises for Heel Pain or Tightness
- Expert: Be Active to Help Your Back Heal
- First Aid for Low Back Pain
- Get Chores Done Without Making Your Pain Worse
- Getting Help Around the House
- Getting In and Out of a Car Safely
- Getting Support When You Have Low Back Pain
- Growing Pains
- How Palliative Care Can Help With Pain and Treatment Side Effects
- Ibuprofen Use in Young Children
- Improving Sleep When You Have Chronic Pain
- Interactive Tool: Should I Consider Surgery for My Low Back Problem?
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Pain Management
- Low Back Pain
- Low Back Pain and Sex
- Low Back Pain: Easing Back Into Your Daily Activities
- Manual Therapy for Neck Pain
- Moving From Sitting to Standing
- Neck Pain
- Nerve Ablation for Chronic Pain
- Nerve Block for Pain Relief
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
- Opioids
- Pain Control at the End of Life
- Pain Control Diary
- Pain Diary
- Pain in a Spinal Cord Injury
- Pain Management
- Pain Management Clinic
- Pain Management: Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pump
- Phantom Limb Pain and Chronic Pain
- Physical Therapy for Back Pain
- Referred Shoulder Pain
- Safe Use of Long-Acting Opioids
- Self-Massage
- Shoulder and Neck Massage
- Spinal Decompression for Neck Pain
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
- Upper and Middle Back Pain
- Use Heat or Ice to Relieve Low Back Pain
- Worried About Using Opioids?
Current as of: January 14, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Kathleen Romito, MD – Family Medicine
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