Complementary and alternative therapies for pain management in labour

Complementary and alternative therapies for pain management in labour.

BACKGROUND Many women would like to avoid pharmacological or invasive methods of pain management in labour and this may contribute towards the popularity of complementary methods of pain management. This review examined currently available evidence supporting the use of alternative and complementary therapies for pain management in labour. OBJECTIVES To examine the effectiveness of complement...

Complementary therapies for labour and birth: A randomized controlled trial of antenatal integrative medicine for pain management in labour

Complementary therapies for labour and birth study: a randomised controlled trial of antenatal integrative medicine for pain management in labour

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of an antenatal integrative medicine education programme in addition to usual care for nulliparous women on intrapartum epidural use. DESIGN Open-label, assessor blind, randomised controlled trial. SETTING 2 public hospitals in Sydney, Australia. POPULATION 176 nulliparous women with low-risk pregnancies, attending hospital-based antenatal clinics. METHO...

Complementary and alternative therapies for back pain II.

BACKGROUND Back and neck pain are important health problems with serious societal and economic implications. Conventional treatments have been shown to have limited benefit in improving patient outcomes. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapies offer additional options in the management of low back and neck pain. Many trials evaluating CAM therapies have poor quality and inconsist...

Management of cancer pain with complementary therapies.

Pain is one of the most feared consequences of cancer. Pain is a major symptom in 75% of hospitalized cancer patients. Poorly relieved pain contributes to the suffering of the patient and family, which may motivate them to seek additional complementary and alternative therapies. Evidence-based complementary therapies are being used for symptom control and to improve quality of life. There is re...