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Author Topic: Army fights PAIN!  (Read 216 times)

Hock

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Army fights PAIN!
« on: July 11, 2011, 07:56:54 PM »

"The Army is reinventing the way it treats pain. Based on 109 recommendations from an Army-led Pain Management Task Force, the Army is seeking to move away from merely dispensing pain medication to embracing a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to caring for soldiers. This approach could include traditional medications coupled with more unconventional treatments such as massage therapy, acupuncture and yoga..."


http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/07/army-on-brink-of-new-ways-to-fight-pain-071111w/

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Re: Army fights PAIN!
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2011, 08:47:12 PM »

Chiropractors!  Yoga!  Massage!  Oh my!  Probably not worth holding my breath for.  I feel like the people in charge of these decisions are the same ones who brought us the current uniform.

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Re: Army fights PAIN!
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2011, 08:21:59 PM »

I find that massage therapy helps with various muscular pains that I get from my normal activities.  With that said I can see where some of their ideas can head to the nutter-zone.
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