As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to persist in the U.S., we have taken heightened precautions to continue to provide safe and effective care for our clients at Las Vegas Recovery Center. The well-being and safety of our clients, their families, and our staff are always our top priority. In addition to our existing policies, our staff has received infection prevention and control training, and disinfection of offices and residences are carried out daily. Our staff members are utilizing personal protective equipment items such as masks and sanitizer as we continue to adhere to CDC guidelines.
We are continuing to accept new clients for all levels of care at this time. For more information on how we are operating during COVID-19, contact us today.
Biofeedback is a technique that can help you learn to control some normally involuntary processes by raising your awareness of signals from your body. This is accomplished using specialized equipment that allows you to monitor bodily functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension, sweat gland activity, and skin temperature. Biofeedback may be beneficial…
DetailsAromatherapy literally means the therapeutic use of scents to change moods. Essential oils distilled from plants, flowers, trees, bark, grasses, seeds, and fruits are used to treat a variety of ailments including fatigue, tension, stress, and, most importantly here, chronic pain. Aromatherapy is also one of the fastest-growing natural remedies being used today. It works…
DetailsPractitioners of acupuncture believe illness, including chronic pain, is due to imbalances of energy in the body. Acupuncture is a component of traditional Chinese medicine in which the body is seen as a balance of two opposing and inseparable forces or energy—yin and yang. Yin represents cold, slow, or passive aspects of the person, while…
DetailsBe mindful of what works best (when, how, etc.) for your chronic pain while you are trying many approaches. For example, for some, applying heat followed by cold to the painful area works best. Other people do better with just heat or cold alone. For still others, usually those with neuropathic or nerve pain, their…
DetailsThe safest way to discontinue prescription medications is under medical supervision in an inpatient detox center. If you are unable to access such a setting, then you should consult with a medical provider to see how best to proceed. Depending on the dosage of the medications and how long you have taken them, your doctor…
DetailsI entered this world in June of 1960 as happy as can be, or so I’m told. At age two, after some uncontrollable bleeding episodes, I was diagnosed with hemophilia B. From that point on, a “normal” life for me was a protected life, free from most activities that could cause me to bleed. The…
DetailsTraditional chronic pain management uses a multitude of interventions, including medications. This is a relatively new subspecialty of medicine. Most chronic pain management specialists are trained as anesthesiologists, and usually go through a fellowship training program to learn to deal with chronic pain. Opiate medications are the primary drugs used to treat chronic pain and…
DetailsDoing things that are good for you in an excessive manner is one extreme way to treat your body if you have chronic pain. For example, embarking on a vigorous course of exercise that might result in an injury, losing weight by starving yourself, or engaging in myriad activities that you haven’t done before, such…
DetailsCNN’s Dr. Gupta was interviewed over the weekend on The News Room about the FDA’s controversial approval of the strongest prescription painkiller now available to date, Zohydro. In this interview, Dr. Gupta pointed out that painkillers are the number #1 cause of preventable death in United States which happens to consume eighty percent of the…
DetailsChronic pain as we experience it is the net effect of tissue disturbance, transmission to and from the brain, and extensive processing and modifying of the pain signal. With chronic pain, the signal and its transmission are often distorted. So pain levels increase, despite the fact that the injury has ended and the “need” for…
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