One Size Does Not Fit All

Everyone's pain is different. A neighbor with the same kind of painful condition as you may feel a different kind and level of pain. Even your own pain can vary from time to time. There are no easy answers or magic

solutions to certain types of pain. What works for you may not work for others, so you probably will need to try various ways to help deal with your pain. Through trial and error, what you are seeking is the right cocktail for your painful condition.

People React Differently to Pain for Many Reasons.

1. Emotional and social reasons

Your fears about pain, previous experiences with pain, and your attitude about your condition can affect how you react to pain and how much pain you feel. Your cultural and religious background, and the way people around you react to pain may also affect how you react to pain.

In addition, due to the emotional ups and downs, you may get caught in a cycle

of pain, depression, and stress that makes everything seem harder to handle. It can become a vicious cycle of dispair.

2. Physical reasons

The sensitivity of your nervous system and the severity of your pain will determine how your body reacts chemically to pain. These factors also determine whether your nerves will send or block a pain signal.

Despite these differences, you can learn to better manage your pain when you discover that with will power, skill, practice, and the willingness to experiment, it is possible to deal with your pain in a positive manner.

There are many ways to help control pain. Some pain control methods focus on emotional and social factors. Other methods focus on physical factors, and of course there is narcotics. Using a combination of

methods and products is often the best way to control your pain. Once again, finding your own personal pain cocktail of methods and products is the secret to pain relief success.

Pain is Common

If you live with pain, you are not alone. In a poll (based on a national survey of 2,002 adults aged 18 and older, conducted by The Gallup Organization in 1999), nine out of ten Americans reported they have pain at least once a month, and for 15 percent of them, the pain is severe.

Findings from a recent nationwide survey sponsored by Stanford University Medical

Center, ABC News and USA Today indicate that folks are clear on where they hurt, but often can't link that pain to a specific cause. And in a surprising look at what works for pain relief, researchers find that just as many people cite prayers as prescription drugs. Among the survey's significant findings:

1. Pain can be managed

Many people believe pain is just a part of getting older and that they just have to "grin and bear it." But pain is not necessarily something you have to live with--it's okay to admit that you have pain and to take action to relieve it.

Pain doesn't have to be a part of daily life. By taking action to reduce pain, you may find that even routine tasks that have become difficult can become more manageable over time.

2. Surprising facts

Even though pain may interfere with work, relationships, and daily life, few Americans talk to their doctors about it.

Fewer than half (43 percent) of Americans with severe or moderate pain report that they have a "great deal of control" over their pain. Fewer than half (42 percent) of people who visit their doctor for pain believe that their doctor completely understands how their pain makes them feel.

What blocks pain signals?

Many scientists think pain control methods help reduce pain by blocking pain signals. Pain signals are sent through a complex system of nerves in the brain and spinal cord.

Pain signals are blocked by chemicals made by the brain, called endorphins. There are several things that can cause your brain to produce endorphins. These include "natural" controls, such as your own thoughts and emotions or "outside" controls, such as narcotic and/or all natural ingredient medicines.

Outside Controls

Certain medicines, such as morphine, and homeopathy all natural ingredient remedies such as Menastil, CorProfen, and EZ Pain Relief, to name just a few, imitate the body's endorphins and block the pain signal from reaching the spinal cord and therefore to the brain. Other pain control methods, such as heat and cold treatments, physical therapy, exercise, relaxation, tens units, and massage can stimulate the body to release its own endorphins or to block the pain signal in other ways.

Can Pain Be Controlled?

There are many things you can do to help control your pain. Your goal is to explore these methods to help control your pain by:

1. Learning new ways and explore the use of all natural ingredient products to reduce pain.

2. Taking as few addictive pain medicines as possible.

3. Changing ingrained habits that lead to pain and disrupt your normal lifestyle .

4. Increasing your physical and social activity so you can return to an active life.

The methods listed here will work differently for different people. So, some methods may work for you, but some may not. Some methods are things you can do for yourself, others require help from your doctor or

other health professionals.

Talk to your doctor about these methods. With a little research, patience, and the willingness to experiment, you will find the right pain relief Cocktail that works for you.