Pain is a sensation that is transmitted from an area of tissue damage or injury along the sensory nerves to the brain. The brain conveys the information as a sensation of pain.

Causes

There may be various causes such as a muscle strain, infection or injury. Sometimes there is no particular cause.

Symptoms of pain

Pain is nothing but an uncomfortable sensation that can be described in various types such as burning, sharp, throbbing, stabbing, aching, shooting, pulling, tingling, dull, heavy and tight.

Medical treatment for pain

The treatment depends on the cause of the pain. Symptomatic treatment may be give temporary relief. But treatment given symptomatically without proper diagnosis can worsen the condition.

Commonly used pain killers

The commonly used pain killers are Paracetamol; NSAID’s including ibuprofen, aspirin, naproxen, and acetaminophen. The other types of pain killers are narcotics such as morphine, codeine etc.

Some of the Ayurvedic Medicines useful in alleviating pain are guggulu, Rasnadi Kashayam etc.

Lifestyle changes that may be helpful for pain

People who are obese are more prone to pain easily than the ones who have an ideal weight.

Some qualified professionals recommend certain types of exercise that are useful in alleviating the pain. For instance, there are certain cases of shoulder pain or neck pain whose pain has got reduced by practicing certain type of exercise. That is, this kind of people have already tried the pain killers for a long time, got symptomatic relief and finally adopted a few exercise to relieve the pain. Remember, this holds for a few, not to all like in case of deep fractures, injuries or any other cause.

It is also found that people who are habituated to sedentary life are also prone to aches and pain easily.

Nutritional supplements for pain

There are certain amino acids that are valuable in relieving the pain. One of these includes, a synthetic amino acid – D-phenylalanine (DPA).

This DPA decreases pain by blocking the enzymes that break down endorphins and enkephalins, the body’s natural pain-killing chemicals.

Even vitamin B 12 has found to be useful in alleviating the pain.