Sentences with phrase «blocking pain pathways»

Analgesia is the relief of pain, and in modern anesthetic protocols we strive for pre-emptive analgesia (blocking the pain pathways before the painful procedure starts), and balanced anesthesia (trying to block the pain pathways from as many directions as possible).

Electroacupuncture (also called percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation or PENS) is a technique involving needle stimulation that enhances the analgesic effects of acupuncture by blocking pain pathways.

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A 2006 study also found that a turmeric extract composed of curcuminoids (curcumin is the most investigated curcuminoid) blocked inflammatory pathways, effectively preventing the launch of a protein that triggers swelling and pain.4

To see if they could block this novel pain pathway, the researchers used a pharmaceutical compound called GSK205 that selectively inhibits TRPV4.

Although this research is still in its earliest stages, it ultimately could lead to drugs that make people more resistant to pain by blocking those same fly - discovered pathways in humans.

, facilitates circulation, supports the lymphatic system, releases blocks, helps regulate internal rhythms and reduces pain, all creating pathways for healing to take place.