Territory of pain
Painful sensations are a complex mechanism of interaction of nerve endings with the brain. It is the brain that determines whether the received signal is considered pain, or not. Therefore, the brain can be outwitted! Replace one signal with another. Pain can be "drowned" by information from other senses: by touching, cooling, heating, smell, sound. Many methods of oriental, folk and official medicine are based on this principle. Bright examples: aromatherapy, acupuncture, acupuncture, massage, compresses, rinsing, UHF, electrophoresis and a dozen other ways. In the brain, endorphins can be produced - a natural painkiller.
To alleviate painful manifestations, one must struggle with the cause of pain. Agree, if you drove a splinter in your finger, it's silly to apply ice. It is necessary to simply pull it out. If the tooth hurts - it must be treated, and not wait for the pain to subside. You can not tolerate pain or knock it down if it becomes very strong, if the temperature rises, vomiting, severe weakness, swelling develops. In these cases, pain saves us life - warns of a serious illness or serious injury.
Pills
With a weak, "everyday" pain, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics do well. To apply or not to apply "chemistry" - everyone decides for himself. If we are at work or on the road, there is no time for relaxation therapy. In this case, there are few alternatives to tablets. You can try to self-massage certain points. But in a stressful situation, this may not work. Each country has its own certified products. Most often in the home we use aspirin, paracetamol, spazgan, analgin, anaesthetizing ointments. Remember - analgin is banned in many countries as a potentially dangerous drug. Aspirin affects blood coagulability. Less side effects are paracetamol. Therefore, buying seemingly simple analgesic tablets, be guided not by the name, but by their composition and the characteristics of your body. The most effective complex drugs with caffeine, spasmolytic, codeine, etc. Of course, there are powerful expensive painkillers. But without the prescription of a doctor, it is dangerous to use them.
Headache
Before "poisoning" with pills, try to relieve the pain sensations in a safe way. Most often we are attacked by a headache. If its cause is emotional and physical overstrain, then the best alternative to pills will be a relaxing massage. Carefully stir the muscles of the shoulders and neck, massage the nape, slowly comb the hair with a massage comb. Perfectly helps acupressure. It is done this way: press down for 10 seconds on the central part of the temporal dimples, then whiskey massage in circular motions. And so - several times. After the massage, it is good to drink sweet green tea. Even better - with the addition of a couple drops of passionflower or valerian. You can rub behind the ears, on the temples and at the base of the head lavender oil.
Critical days
Many women during menstruation suffer from pain. The cause is spasms of the uterine arteries. Sometimes the pain is brought to fainting. To ease the pain before the monthly doctors recommend switching to a dairy-vegetable diet. Decrease consumption of animal fats, flour, salt.
During menstruation, the massage of the little fingers will ease the pain and stroking the inner part of the left palm (from the center of the palm to the wrist and back). And also a simple exercise: stand on all fours, then gently curl and bend. If after menstruation the pain does not go away within 5 days - it's urgent for the gynecologist!
Back pain
Unfortunately, back problems are becoming massive. Especially after 30 years. The most common cause is muscle spasms. First of all, you need to see a doctor, because the diagnoses can be different. If the tone of the muscles of the spine is increased, stretching exercises will help. For example: we kneel, then sit on the buttocks, touch the floor with the forehead (hands - at the feet); deeply breathe all the chest, on the inspiration feeling the stretching of the muscles of the back. It is useful to hang for half a minute on the bar - but only for certain diseases! Noticeably relieves the pain of a back massage.
Often "sedentary" work and "sofa" rest provoke the development of scoliosis - deformation of the spine. Hence - terrible pain in the back. Be sure to check with an orthopedist. This problem is treated if you follow the doctor's recommendations. God for help, as well as special massage, exercise therapy, swimming, walking. The ideal option - to get on an appointment with a good bone-smuggler (manual therapist). But beware of charlatans!
Pain and emotions
We were noticed (and by far ancestors) that emotional pain can be the cause of pain. It seems that the physiological factors do not cause pain, but it does. This is an example when the brain deceives itself because of psychological overload, confuses sensations, transforming them into pain. Conversely, through suggestion, you can completely turn off the pain. There are cases when the method of suggestion to people did operations without anesthesia.
Most often, phantom pains are observed in emotional people under the influence of stress. At a certain point, emotional experiences cause damage to the somatic structures of a person, which causes painful sensations. Prevention of emotional pain is obvious - it is relaxation, the absence of stress and psychological overexertion. In this case, help aromatherapy, relaxing music, spa procedures, etc. But if the emotional malfunction has already begun, you should ask for a sedative to the doctor. There are effective modern means on a natural basis.
Relief of pain is possible not only with medicinal preparations. There are more than a dozen non-pharmacological methods of getting rid of pain. But in the beginning it is worth to visit the clinic. After all, every disease has its own indications and contraindications. The main principle of treatment - do no harm!