Health and Pain Mind

Non-pharmacological treatments (treatments that do not rely primarily on medication to achieve their effect) offer a variety of approaches to pain relief. Most are non-invasive.

Simple, relatively safe non-pharmacological approaches include:

Physiatric Approaches
Non-invasive Stimulatory Approaches
Psychological Approaches
Complementary/Alternative Approaches

In most cases, these techniques should be used in addition to, not instead of, other approaches to pain relief.

More invasive non-pharmacological treatments include:

Anesthesiologic Approaches
Invasive Stimulatory Approaches
Surgical Approaches