PSYC 3170 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Physical Therapy, Acupuncture
20 Sep 2017
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12 november 26: physical and stimulation therapies for pain. Counterirritation: reducing one pain by creating another. Cupping: procedure to relieve headaches, backaches, and arthritic pain. In this procedure, one or more heated glass cups are inverted and pressed on the skin. As the air in the cup cools, it creates a vacuum causing the skin to be bruised as it is drawn up into the cup: stimulation therapies. Counterirritation relieves pain because people actively distract their attention from the stronger pain to the milder one. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation: placing electrodes on the skin near where the patient feels pain and simulating that area with mild electric current, which is supplied by a small portable device. Acupuncture: a technique in which fine metal needles are inserted under the skin at special locations and then twirled or electrically charged to create stimulation. Research findings currently do not support its use for surgical anesthesia: physical therapy.
