Subject: Partial Results of and Survey of Chronic Pain Relief Techniques

From: [email-masked] (Robert Miller)
Date: 23 May 1995 12:16:22 GMT

Here are partial results of survey of chronic pain relief techniques
>from  messages received last week.

    1. Releasing Endorphins-The Body's Natural Painkiller
        a. Laughter
        b. Sex
        c. Vigorous Physical Exercise
        d. Eating Foods with Hot Peppers
        e. Chocolate

    2. Excellent Books
        a. Freedom Form Pain- by Norman Marcus-isbn 0-671-51165-3
        b. Natural Way of Healing CHronic Pain by Digeronimo-isbn
0-440-21658-3
        c. Book of Natural Pain Relief by Leon Chaitow,isbn
0-06-100886-9
        d. Managing Pain Before It Manages You by Margaret Caudill
isbn-0-89862-224-7

    3. Amino Acids
        To relieve morning stiffness take 500mg l-lysine and 500mg
l-arginine before bed time. Many have had great success with this.

    4. Exercise to Relieve Stiffness
        Place hands on hips, bend at waist so that head and upper body
form 90 degree angle to waist and then return up about 75%-repeat in
rhythmic order about 6-10 times. 

    5. Feldenkrais & Somatics Therapy
        Two excellent movement therapies for relieving pain.
    6. Monroe Institute Tapes
   
 If you have found techniques that relieve chronic muscle pain, please
advise me via E Mail and I will include in weekly postings. AM hoping
to eventually develop a faq based on information received. While this
posting has appeared many times before, each posting yields new
results. Please share you successful techniques with others by
responding to this post.