At MedStar Health, we believe there are ways you can effectively relieve your pain without the use of medication. It's part of our mission to help our patients any way we can, and to offer them all the healthy and alternative choices for better health.
While waiting to meet with a pain management specialist or before making the appointment, try these techniques to help relieve your pain.
1. Deep breath, exhale, relax, and yawn for quick relaxation
2. Slow rhythmic breathing for relaxation:
There are a number of ways to help your body relax when you are having pain. Remembering a relaxing experience that happened to you in the past can make you relax again. Close your eyes and take yourself away from the present as you think of the answers to the following questions:
Get earphones or headset (reduce the other noise in your immediate area, if possible)
Setting aside a regular time for a massage will give you something to look forward to and can be a very important strategy to control pain.
To schedule an appointment, please call 443-777-7180 or use the button below.
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
9000 Franklin Square Drive
Baltimore, MD 21237
Hours: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Congratulations to Matthew Hansen, MD, named a 2014 Top Doc.