Alternative Pain Treatment and Management
Pain is a signal from your body that there is damage or inflammation in progress. Taking Tylenol does not represent a viable pain treatment or pain management plan. Tylenol has been shown to cause liver damage and may soon become a prescription drug. In addition, suppressing the pain in this manner may lead you into aggravating the damage.
At Stop the Clock Naturopathic Clinic (serving Mississauga, Oakville, Etobicoke and West Toronto) we have an array of alternative pain treatment and pain management options available. If you suffer from painful conditions such as shingles and herpes or if you have been in an auto accident, experienced a work-related injury, sports injury, or have aches and pains that just won’t go away, then Stop the Clock Naturopathic Clinic is a good choice for you!
Whether it’s a recent injury or chronic pain, we have helped many people in Mississauga, Oakville, Etobicoke and West Toronto to overcome their pain, and our goal is to do the same for you!
What can you Expect?
- Determine and treat the root cause, not just the symptoms
- Learn how to prevent the pain from returning
- Restore your ability to enjoy life
How Does Stop the Clock Naturopathic Clinic Make it happen?
These therapies are used individually or in combination to ensure maximum pain relief.
Frequency Specific Microcurrent Treatments
Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) is an exciting new alternative method of nerve and muscle pain treatment, as well as treating many other conditions, using specific frequencies and micro amperage current.
The FSM machine is capable of generating a wide range of frequencies on two sets of electrodes. The FSM machine is tuned for specific tissues and types of damage.
FSM is particularly useful if you are suffering from pain or inflammation, nerve pain, osteoarthritis, back pain, pelvic pain, shoulder pain, shingles, sports injuries, menstrual pain, labour pain, aching joints and migraine because FSM also helps the body to produce higher quantities of natural healing chemicals called endorphins and enkephalins.
There are hundreds of practitioners in the US, Australia and Canada using FSM to create miraculous changes in patients to reduce pain and improve health. Most of the time FSM produces immediate dramatic changes in tissue that make it an indispensable tool in treating pain and many other health concerns.
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Frequency Specific Microcurrent therapy has the following benefits:
- Effective alternative method for Pain Treatment and Pain Management.
- Proven To Provide Fast Pain Relief For Many People.
- No Side Effects.
- Increases the self healing process of the body: Frequency Specific Microcurrent therapy stimulates the natural hormones known as endorphins in the body, which helps us heal faster. Endorphins that lie in a dormant stage are stimulated by these electric impulses, and the ‘feel good’ factor of the endorphins results in the faster healing process.
- Pain Treatment: Frequency Specific Microcurrent therapy is known to be one of the best alternative methods of pain treatment. By sending small electrical impulses to stimulate and treat underlying tissues and nerves, the treatment treats pain at its very root.
- Decreases swelling: Frequency Specific Microcurrent therapy is known to decrease swelling and inflammation. By promoting circulation in the body and penetrating the tissues deeply, it takes care of swelling and reduces inflammation.
- Restore normal movements: With the stiffness disappearing from joints as well as muscular spasms, you are able to have unrestricted movements and coordination. Compared to other forms of treatments, the results are much quicker and effective.
Does the FSM procedure cause any pain?
There is absolutely no pain; in fact many people consider the whole process to be soothing and relaxing.
How safe is FSM?
FSM is one of the safest medical procedures. It is drug-free, non-addictive, non-invasive and there are no side-effects.
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Massage therapy is a gentle hands-on manipulation of the soft tissues of your body including your muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments and joints.
Massage therapy is a well-known, safe and natural alternative health therapy and pain treatment that can help alleviate soft tissue discomfort associated with everyday and occupational stresses, muscular over-use and many cumulative trauma syndromes.
Research has shown that:
- a hospital-based massage therapy program for patients showed that there was “increased relaxation (98%), a sense of well-being (93%), and positive mood change (88%)” among the patients,
- massage therapy offers significant aid to children with stress-related disorders,
- massage therapy can have immediate and long term benefits for people from all walks of life e.g., athletes, office workers, pregnant women,
- premature infants who are massaged have been seen to gain more weight and autistic children also demonstrated less erratic behavior after regular massage therapy.
- massage therapy has been shown many shown in many research studies to decrease heart rate, reduce blood pressure, enhance blood circulation, relax muscles, improve flexibility, develop better range of motion, and promote production of endorphins.
To summarize, Massage Therapy can:
- Relieve stress and make you feel relaxed
- Treat frustrating musculoskeletal pain
- Improve circulation of blood and movement of sluggish lymph fluids
- Reduce levels of anxiety
- Enjoy a sense of well-being and positive mood changes.
So for whatever reason you seek massage therapy, stress relief, pain management, or simply a luxurious treat after a day’s work, the benefits are multiplied many times over if you go to regular and scheduled massage therapy sessions.
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What is Acupuncture and How Does it Work?
Originating in China more than 2,000 years ago, acupuncture is one of the oldest and most commonly used holistic medical procedures in the world. Acupuncture is a method of encouraging the body to promote self-healing and to improve functioning. This is done by the insertion of sterile needles into the body at specific points that have been proven effective in the treatment of specific disorders.
According to the explanation of modern science, the stimulation of acupuncture points to the nervous system can release chemicals in the muscles, spinal cord and brain. These chemicals influence the body's own internal regulating system. The improved energy and balance by acupuncture activate the body's natural healing abilities in a way that promotes physical and emotional well-being.
Does it hurt?
Remarkably, Acupuncture is usually painless. However, if the correct stimulus of the needle has been obtained, the patient should feel some tingling, heaviness, or electric sensation. Even when there is some discomfort, it is usually mild.
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What is Reflexology?
Reflexology (sometimes called zone therapy) is a therapy in which the nerve endings primarily in the feet are stimulated by specific massage techniques to effect changes in another part of the body and thereby create health and help overcome disease.
The science of Reflexology used today was founded by Dr William Fitzgerald, an American ear nose and throat surgeon who noticed that pressure on specific areas of the body produced an anaesthetising effect on a related area. Developing his theory, he divided the body into ten equal zones which ended in the feet and hands.
In the 1930's, a massage therapist called Eunice Ingham refined Dr Fitzgerald's zones and developed what is now known as 'Reflexology'. She observed that congestion or tension in any part of the foot mirrored congestion or tension in a related part of the body. Therefore, treating the areas of the feet could have a relaxing and healing effect on different organs and tissues inside the body.
Reflexology is sometimes known as Zone Therapy as the body is divided into different zones represented by a point in the foot or hand. Nerve endings are imbedded in the feet and hands that then travel to the spinal cord and to various parts of the body. Stimulating these nerve endings thereby helps promote relaxation, improve circulation, stimulate vital organs in the body and encourage the body's natural healing processes. Unlike conventional medicine, reflexology works on the underlying problems within the body and works through the body's nervous system. Sometimes lactic acid can be felt in the foot in the form of little crystals. This is a sediment due to poor eating or lack of exercise and can be crushed and reabsorbed into the body thereby allowing the lymph system to eliminate the waste product.
Research
ALTERNATIVES in health™ subscriber, Margaret Berker, a qualified reflexologist and member of the British Reflexology Association conducted an interesting small-scale study at the Cardiac Unit of the Queen Elizabeth hospital , Birmingham, UK, into the effects of reflexology on a group of four patients suffering from chest pain.
The patients were obtained from a consultant; all had experienced pain for periods ranging between 18 months to 13 years and, cardiac catheterizations revealed that none of the patients had any identifiable disease of the cardiac arteries. Furthermore, none of the patients had had reflexology treatment prior to the study, nor were they encouraged to believe that the treatment would ‘cure’ their condition.
Reflexology treatments were given weekly over a period of eight weeks and the patients were asked to keep a diary to record their chest pain before and after treatments which specified (a) the number of episodes, (b) the intensity of the pain and (c) the duration of the pain.
Analysis of the data revealed that all of the patients recorded positive results; three of the four experienced a complete relief from their original symptoms after nine months and the remaining patient reported a reduction in pain.
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A few years ago, researchers at Glostrop hospital, Copenhagen, demonstrated that reflexology can help relieve the acute pain suffered by patients with kidney stones. 30 patients participated in the study and were divided equally into three groups: one group received reflexology treatment, one group received placebo treatment and the remaining groups were used as controls.
If no pain relief was experienced within 5 minutes, the treatment would end for analgesic medications, but those who experienced a benefit within 5 minutes, treatment was continued for a further 10 minutes. The results showed that 9 out of the 10 patients in the reflexology group experienced complete pain relief after the treatment which lasted for over an hour and in 5 of the patients pain was relieved for 4 hours.
Medical doctors Niels Baekgaard and Vibe Hansen, who conducted the study, concluded that "Reflexology treatment of acute ureterolithiasis has a pain relieving effect" and when compared to Baralgin (a commonly administered analgesic), the findings revealed that reflexology actually works faster at alleviating pain although the effects last for a shorter duration.
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A study conducted at the Hospital of Beijing College of Languages investigated the effect of reflexology treatment on acute lower back pain. Twenty patients between the ages of 35 and 55, all of whom were teachers or office workers, and suffering from lower back strain participated in the study.
The reflex points on the patients’ feet were treated for a maximum of ten treatments and the results analysed. All of the patients reported that the treatment had effectively eliminated their pain; 5 of the patients obtained complete relief after only one treatment, 10 after 3 to 4 treatments and a further 5 after 5 to 7 treatments. No analgesics or other medications were used throughout the course of treatments.
Although a small scale study, it adds to the growing body of evidence confirming that reflexology has extensive therapeutic value beyond the realms of mere relaxation and stress management.
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According to a large nationwide research study undertaken in Denmark, reflexology treatment has a beneficial effect on patients suffering from migraine and tension headaches. The study was conducted at the Department of Social Pharmacy, The Royal Danish School of Pharmacy in co-operation with five reflexology associations. 220 patients participated with treatment being given by 78 fully trained reflexologist across the country.
Headaches remain the most common health problem amongst the adult population and it has been estimated that they are the reason for the loss of three million working days every year. Reflexology is renowned for its ability to help relax and calm patients and for this reason it was considered an interesting therapy to study for the treatment of tension headaches and migraine.
Of all the patients who took part in the study, 90 percent said that they had taken prescribed medication for their headaches within the month prior to the commencement of the study and, of them, 36 percent had experienced side effects from the medicines. 81 percent of the prescribed medicine in the acetvlsalicyclic acid and paracetamol group was taken at least twice a week and 72% of the stronger migraine medicines were taken at least once a fortnight which indicates that the majority of the patients were suffering from moderate to severe symptoms. 34 percent had taken medications for ailments other than headaches.
Three months after a completed series of reflexology treatments, 81 percent of patients confirmed that reflexology had either cured (16%) or helped (65%) their symptoms. 19 percent of the patients re-ported that they had been able to completely dispense with the medications they had been taking before the study.
The reflexologist also found that there was a strong link between headaches and the gall bladder, stomach, bladder, and endocrine hormone meridians. At the end of the study the patients who benefited from the treatment showed less stress on the reflex points for the ovaries, small intestine, bladder, stomach, liver and kidneys than they had experienced on their first treatment. The likelihood of successful cure was found to be greatest for: a) those patients whom the reflexologist found no stress on the reflex zones of the uterus or gall bladder, and b) younger patients who had suffered from headaches for a short period of time.
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In dentistry, massage therapists apply reflexology techniques to assist in relaxation and anesthesia. During a dental visit, tension occurs mainly in the shoulders, head and neck. Reflexology helps to relieve tension in the upper body and allows the facial muscles to relax. As a patient relaxes, the flow of blood slows as the breathing pattern decreases, which helps the doctor administer anesthesia more effectively. Debra King, D.D.S., president of the Atlanta Center for Cosmetic Dentistry, has been quoted as saying; "If we're working on a patient that is relaxed, it makes our job a lot easier." Reflexology is available upon request during dental procedures carried out by Dr Rina Kotecha.
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Our Location
Stop The Clock Naturopathic Clinic
1553 Hurontario St.
Mississauga, Ont., L5G 3H7
Phone: (905) 274-6400
