Besides analgesics, what other treatments are there for acute pain?

Besides analgesics, what other treatments are there for acute pain?

Marc Darrow (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Joint Rehabilitation Sports Medical Center, Inc. ) gives expert video advice on: Besides analgesics, what other treatments are there for acute pain? and more...

By getting rid of the inflammation that takes place from an injury or from arthritis or things of that nature we're not allowing a good healing to take place. Inflammation brings the immune system cells to the area, like fibroblast, or inside a joint, chondroblast that grow cartilages. And if we slow that process down we may feel good temporarily but then we lose the war of not getting a real good healing taking place by allowing the inflammation to take place. So, in my practice, what I do is I actually, instead of using cold we use heat. And, instead of resting on a joint in the area I use mobilization in getting it moving to keep the juices flowing through that area to move the toxins and bring the cells that actually create the healing to the area.