Video Games Ease The Pain?

For pain sufferers, this holiday season may prove a good excuse to add video games to the wish list

Gaming can actually relieve pain

(November 29, 2010) Pinellas Park, Fla. — For years, countless people recognized the entertainment benefits of video games. It’s no question that once that controller hits the tips of your fingers, you are transported into a world of challenge and excitement – and that can be addicting. Well this holiday season, it’s OK to be a little transfixed. Playing video games which encourage movement such as the Wii™ and now PS3® and Xbox® Kinect, help pain sufferers by providing rehabilitation through movement. Read more »

What kind of condition causes a gentle breeze to feel like immense pain? Learn more here.

(Pinellas, Fla.) – Imagine a gentle breeze crossing your skin. Sounds pleasant, right? However, for one million people in the U.S., even the softest Q-tip may cause extreme pain that could last for months or even years. Ever heard of PHN? Perhaps you haven’t and that’s why this September we are bringing awareness to this painful condition, which affects around one million people in the U.S. every year, according to the American Pain Foundation (APF). Read more »

What You Need to Know About Your Medication

A local pain relief specialist discusses the pros and cons of prescription remedies and their herbal counterparts

(Pinellas Park, Fla.) July 1, 2010 – Herbal supplements have been credited with aiding everything from digestion to depression – but how much is too much when it comes to your body? According to the Mayo Clinic, these pseudo-medications don’t even require FDA approval before being put on the market. Sure, you can read the ingredients on the back but unless “M.D.” comes after your last name, you probably won’t know what kind of chemical reactions to expect when taking multiple supplements or medications. Read more »

Often spring clean-up leads to sore necks and backs but can be avoided or lessened

(Pinellas Park, Fla.) May 3, 2010 – Sparkling windows, trimmed clean landscape – flowers-a-bloom, carpets steamed and colorful laundry piles folded neatly and ready to be placed in their designated drawers. How do we get to such a beautiful sight? Spring cleaning, of course. What’s not so beautiful – the bending, lifting, moving, reaching, stretching, aching back, sore muscles and exhausting weekends filled with hedging, trimming, mowing, vacuuming, wiping, scrubbing… Read more »

with the Hassle and Stress But Other Times it can Change One’s Life

Active mother, career-woman and female powerhouse discusses her challenges

and how she overcame the odds during Feminine Empowerment Month

(Pinellas Park, Fla.) March 1, 2010 – Sometimes a car accident can just ruin one’s day with the hassle and stress of it all but other times… it can change one’s life forever. Joann Bullock, 53 years-old from Pinellas Park, was once an active mother, career-woman and Read more »

What happens to the romance when pain interferes with sexual pleasure?

(Pinellas Park, Fla.) February 9, 2010 – Relationships can be complicated enough – add back or neck pain to what could be a magical Valentine’s holiday evening and you’ve got a problem: an unhappy partner and an unhappy you. For pain sufferers – it’s a battle of pain vs. pleasure. Read more »

Great, cost-effective ways to prevent and treat traveling pains

(Pinellas Park, Fla.) December 23, 2009 – Traveling can be a pain… literally – in the neck, spine, shoulders, legs – you name it. So what do you do after traveling for long periods of time during that endless family road trip where you sang Read more »

Dr. Andrea Henley-Seymour shares tips on preventing and treating sports injuries

(Pinellas Park, Fla.) December 2, 2009 – For Florida residents, winter is the time locals are outside enjoying the beautiful cooler weather, tossing a ball and playing outdoor sport favorites. Read more »

Here are Six Easy Tips to Relieve Pain

As September is National Pain Awareness Month
Editors Note: Dr. Charles Friedman will be available for interviews to the media and will provide tips for pain relief. Read more »

Dr. Plato E. Varidin joins Pain Relief Centers in Pinellas Park

Pinellas Park, FL (August 10, 2009) – Pain Relief Centers welcomed, Dr. Plato E. Varidin, D.O., FACOFP/FAODME/NAP to its practice.

Dr. Varidin, a well-known Board-Certified physician in the osteopathic specialty with 54 years experience, is a graduate of A.T. Still University/Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri. Read more »