Ice the muscles for at least 10 minutes immediately after you are done exercising. Later, apply heat, either with a heating pad or by taking a warm bath—but not until 24 hours later, because heat can increase inflammation if applied too...
When I am helping patients achieve immediate pain relief for burns, sprains, back pain or arthritis, I often turn to dimethyl sulfoxide...
Scientists may have come up with a lead on a new painkiller-a compound derived from an Asian tree bark that appears to...
Having a massage after strenuous exercise not only feels good, it reduces inflammation in muscles at the cellular level, researchers have found....
Gout sounds like an old person's or an old-fashioned disease. But it is neither. This painful form of arthritis is...
Approximately six million Americans suffer from gout, the most common form of inflammatory arthritis. Although gout is most often associated with pain,...
If you have heel pain, your podiatrist or physical therapist can confirm a plantar fasciitis diagnosis. Often the condition eventually goes away...
For people struggling with plantar fasciitis--a painful and sometimes disabling foot condition-a small, preliminary study suggests that a new type of therapy...
If physical therapy, pain medications and commonly used injections of cortisone or hyaluronic acid (Synvisc) no longer relieve your knee pain, don&...
Chronic pain from an injury, arthritis or nerve damage can be so uncomfortable that the sufferer will do almost anything to relieve...
Castor oil, which looks and smells like gooey glycerin, is an oily extract that comes from the Ricinus communis plant native to...
Here's good news for those of us who lean toward the natural way of doing things: A recent in vitro...