How To Reduce Pain

The good news is there are natural ways to help you to reduce your pain, and even to heal it. I can say this with confidence because I have had experience healing my own pain.

I had terrible pain from arthritis in my back, and dysplasia in my hip. Being the fifth child in my family, I guess there wasn’t enough kidney “Jing” left for my parents to pass on to me. I had pain that seriously affected my work and my daily activities. When I found out that my doctor had no answer, I decided to help myself. That was the day that I started to change my own health and life.

I used all natural methods to minimize my symptoms. I made some relatively simple changes in my life, and now I feel very well. I’d like to share some tips with you so that you can practice them to help with your own pain.

Natural Methods for Pain Relief:

There is a common mistake that many people make, even some medical professionals. They say: “When you have pain, you need to avoid movement.” This is not always the correct answer. Just think about your muscles for a moment; what would it be like if you didn’t move for several months? Your muscles would atrophy, right?

If you didn’t move your joints for a month, you would become very stiff and it would be difficult to move at all after that.

Here are some tips for you to keep in mind:

• For acute pain, yes, avoid movement until the inflammation is reduced.
• For chronic pain, movement will help, but it must be the right kind of movement to avoid injuries.
• Movement can promote circulation and this promotes healing.
• Avoid moving too much, because this may intensify the pain due to the inflammation that can be caused by over use.
• Practicing Qi Gong is ideal for pain reduction.
• Try not to let pain affect your work or the things you really have to do, things you enjoy doing. When you are doing things that you enjoy, the pain is less because the good feeling can decrease the pain. When you are idle, the pain is worse. This is why people often feel more pain at night.
• Use medication as needed; but avoid using it for too long because pain medication does have side effects and some of the side effects can harm the body.

1. Avoid the foods that cause more inflammation, such as sugar or other carbs, dairy products, alcohol, foods have high acidity, too much salt, or too much saturated fat.

If you have rheumatoid arthritis, you need to avoid spicy food, reduce coffee, and dairy, acidic food. Eating more cooling featured foods can be helpful.

2. Eat foods that help healing, such as healthy fats from plant based oil or from fruits, vegetables, beans, and foods containing Omega 3, and Omega 6. These foods help to reduce inflammation.

Also eating more fiber such as eating all kinds of vegetables and fruits, all varieties, all colors, and all different flavors. Add spice to your diet such as hot pepper, ginger, garlic, turmeric, cinnamon, etc.

If you have a flare up, avoid sea food and spicy food. Portion control is also important for healing. The best way is to eat small portions, and have healthy snacks between meals.

3. Additional nutrition: Calcium, Vitamin D, Vitamin B complex and good quality fish oil can all help to reduce inflammation.

Keep in mind: It doesn’t matter if you have physical pain or emotional pain, natural methods can help to reduce pain.

If your pain cannot be reduced by your own effort and daily practice, you can try some alternative therapies such as acupuncture, Tui Na therapy, or other massage therapy. But you will need to find a reputable practitioner. Don’t be afraid to try several different practitioners. It does make a big difference, so find out about the practitioner’s knowledge, experience, and energy.

Qi Gong for Pain Reduction

First, I want to mention that Qi Gong is the best exercise for healing; it is especially good for reducing pain. Qi Gong helped my joint pain most of all. It also helped me with many other health issues. At first, it may not seem to you that the Qi Gong is doing anything, due to its slow motion and invisible qi. But the subtle energy, and right dimension of movement, do work wonders for many people. I have seen it happen many times over in my healing practice.

At our Natural Healing conference on Feb. 25, participants will learn how to use Qi Gong for pain reduction. You can find conference information from web: www.taichihealing.org

Acupressure for Pain

This is my second favorite approach to pain reduction, the first is Qi Gong.
Acupressure is effective and convenient and you can help yourself at anytime, anywhere.
You may feel amazing results from self-acupressure practice. But, it is still better if you do Qi Gong daily, to remove the stagnation and improve circulation in the body. The techniques for pain reduction will be taught at our conference on Feb. 25. Visit www.taichihealing.org

Awareness of Your Emotional Health

Don’t forget to watch your emotion health. Having a balanced emotional state helps to reduce pain. Daily checking on your emotions is a mindfulness practice, and can be a powerful preventive tool.

Daily Emotion Check

– What is my emotional state today?
– How is my stress level?
– How is my spirit?
– Am I happy?
– How do I deal with any negative thoughts?

When you ask yourself these questions each day, you are at the same time looking for solutions, especially if you are finding that your answer is negative. If you don’t raise these questions, you will not be able to find solutions.

I hope that this article helps you to understand and to be able to manage your pain in a natural way. If you have any questions, Contact Me.