Robert Wolff, Vernon, Texas: Chronic back pain with antalgic posture I have found putting on corset with ice on lower back 20 minutes on and 10 minutes off for 3 times in a roll and do that three times per day for one week along with Baldrian Plus & Inflammax Forte by Vitaminerals the large bottles of each and have patient take till all is gone in both bottles. The patient will run out of the Baldrian Plus first; then have patient finish up on the Inflammax Forte. Significant improvement is noted by the end of the 3rd to 7th day.

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Elizabeth McConnell, Iowa: I am having some amazing results with a TeeraQuant TQ Solo cold laser. This particular model has the cold laser with 3 different programs, IR, visible red and a static magnetic field. Works great on musculoskeletal along with an ugly TMJ I'm dealing with right now.

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Clyde Esch, Dayton, Ohio: 4 lead TENS with appropriate PPM, ice

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John B. Martinez, New Jersey: There are a number of nutritional formulas and Chinese herb formulas that help with pain. Acupuncture is very helpful. Exercises (i.e. Cox) can be helpful. Ergonomic training is helpful. Trigger point therapy.

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Mark Baxter, Las Vegas, Nevada: For peripheral neuropathy, including diabetic neuropathy: Controlled-release Alpha Lipoic Acid 300 mg BID in conjunction with Acetyl-L-Carnitine 500 mg BID.

For musculo-skeletal pain: Something for muscle spasm that includes calcium, magnesium, valerian root, passaflora and hops. The calcium and magnesium should be in very absorbable forms (not carbonate or oxides) and the valerian and passaflora are GABA agonists, which help to relax the mind as well as the body and decrease the brain's PERCEPTION of pain. Keep in mind that chronic pain depletes Serotonin, GABA and Dopamine and other Catecholamines (which in turn amplify pain perception); so nutrients that address Serotonin (such as Tryptophan, 5HTP, and Vitamin D) and Dopamine & Catecholamines (amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine, with co-factors such as folic acid or 5MTHF, vitamin B6 or Piridoxal-5-Phosphate, iron, copper and vitamin C).

Anti-inflammatory nutrients are also extremely helpful for pain patients and should include a good, purified fish oil concentrate as a source of EPA, Vitamin D3, bioflavonoid, boswelia, curcumin and ginger. In addition, proteolytic enzymes taken on an empty stomach (as long as there are no stomach ulcers) can be of substantial benefit as well.

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Lynn Allison, Saratoga Springs, New York: Craniosacral therapy

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Glen Peterson, Raleigh, North Carolina: I have found that a great benefit to my patients for reducing pain in the cervical spine as well as upper thoracic pain and occipital and cervicogenic headaches is a combination use of the cervical posture pump and cervical strengthening exercises. Even patients that have had previous surgical intervention including but not limited to plate fusions with hardware, still respond very well to attempts to correct the normal cervical kyphosis. By bringing the chin back and re-introducing the cervical curve, much less impact of stressed and hypertonic cervical musculature causes neural involvement. Pressure at the disc level, even for a patient that has little or no disc material present at the site of pain still shows pain reduction by attempted correction of the cervical curve. I have found personally that my patients over the last 3-4 years have shown remarkable results with use of the posture pump with ongoing cervical exercise to include both retraction and extension.

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Anthony Morovati, Glendale, California: By far the best non-invasive pain management modality I have been able to find in the last 20 years, is the ACUSCOPE and MYOPULSE system. Of course, not in a passive application, rather in an active application. I was trained by Janet Travel, MD, White house physician to President Kennedy and Johnson, in how to use these modalities for non-invasive pain control.

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Brian Seitz, Hillsboro, Oregon: I have found that patients with widespread, generalized myalgia and tenderness to touch often have vitamin D3 insufficiency or deficiency. Supplementation, 5000-10000 IU/day initially often results in less diffuse pain within days or a couple weeks. In the absence of adequate sunlight exposure a maintenance dose of 4000-8000IU may be required to maintain benefit.

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Dave Sossamon, Johnson City, Tennessee: Massage, fomentation, ice, US, Muscle Stim. both AC and Direct current, cervical or lumbosacral supports, Formula 303.

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J Douglas Brown DC, DACNB, Sumiton, Alabama: By placing two electrode pads one on each side of the axis close to the center, I have been 98% successful in stopping a migraine in progress. The treatment usually takes about 5 minutes. I use this technique for acute migraine. Always remember though, to ask if this is the first or the worst migraine the patient has ever had. If so, I suggest a stat MRI to rule out other causes, i.e. aneurysm, tumor or bleed.