Mechanisms of pain and pain relief

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Pain is an essential component of the body's defense system. By painful information from the periphery, we can avoid or reduce tissue damage. Pain reduction is important to improve a person's quality of life. All health care professionals including therapists who treat pain need to learn anatomy and physiology of pain and basic mechanisms of pain medication. On the base of these knowledge, therapists should treat pain with evidence based techniques. In this paper, we review the anatomy and physiology of pain. We also discuss some of the basic mechanisms of pain medication and rehabilitation.