PAIN CONTROL TECHNIQUES
PAIN CONTROL TECHNIQUES The following are the newly adopted techniques for pain control in addition to pharmacological surgical and sensory stimulation techniques. They are a) Relaxation technique. b) Biofeed back technique. c) Hypnosis technique. d) Distraction technique. e) Guided imagery technique and f) Other cognitive techniques. RELAXATION TECHNIQUES: As anxiety increases pain, Relaxation techniques are used to reduce the anxiety of the person who experience pain, which in turn reduces the pain. Shifting of the body into a state of low arousal will give relaxation and this can be achieved through the progressive relaxation of different parts of the body. The mostly followed is the progressive muscle relaxation technique formulated by Jacobson . Controlled breathing is also one of the components of relaxation. Also, relaxation can be achieved thro’ Meditation. In this method individual’s attention is Fully focused on a unchanging stimulus. The clinic...