Traumatic brain injury and concussion are common, however mostly invisible, injuries. First, there must be a clear mechanism of dysfunction and/or injury. For concussion, this includes a short loss of consciousness, alteration of consciousness, forgetfulness/amnesia, or any focal neurologic deficits affecting senses, speech, or movement. Following a concussion, patients often experience headache, dizziness, mental fogginess, […]
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Dr. Grace at Natural Pain Solutions in NE Portland offers Nasal Specific therapy at his clinic on the corner of 30th Ave. and Emerson Street. What is nasal specific therapy? Nasal specific therapy is a form of chiropractic treatment by Dr. Grace. Nasal specific therapy is an internal therapy that helps open the nasal passages
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At Natural Pain Solutions, we are boosting our measures towards an appropriate Covid response. We will be propping open doors and keeping windows open during the day to encourage air circulation. Please dress warmly, in layers for your appointments to adjust for the weather. We will continue to take your temperature upon entering the door,
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CranioSacral Therapy CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle, hands-on approach that releases tensions deep in the tissues that surround the central nervous system. This allows the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improve whole-body health and performance with minimal force. It was pioneered and developed by Osteopathic Physician John E. Upledger at Michigan State University.
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Role of Cold LASER Therapy for Pain Management for Disc Herniations and Chronic Back Pain Cold laser therapy is our newest addition to the variety of treatment approaches we are using at Natural Pain Solutions to provide pain relief and symptom reduction for our patients with a wide variety of conditions. It is especially useful
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Cannabis is the most frequently used illicit/ illegal drug in Western countries, and becoming increasingly legalized and accessible. There is a growing amount of research and studies being done, and most show that marijuana use may be associated with fetal growth restriction, preterm birth, and stillbirth. With the legalization in Oregon and Washington this issue
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Chronic pain is a frustrating and elusive condition. We typically classify pain as chronic if it lasts for more than three months. Most injuries that happen to your body can heal within three months. When the pain lasts longer than that it is deemed, “chronic pain.” If we continue to feel bodily pain past a
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Special Treatment for Back Pain attracts patients to Natural Pain Solutions Are you suffering with persistent sciatica or back pain? Do you need of a solution sooner rather than later? Dr. Grace at Natural Pain Solutions (NPS) is only practitioner in Portland offering Lordex spinal disc decompression therapy. Lordex decompression is a non-surgical treatment for
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What is going on inside in that spine of yours? Your intrevertebral discs are pads, which are between vertebral bodies (the largest part of the bones in your spine). The outside anulus fibrosus of your disc is a dense fibrocartilage ring composed of 15 to 25 concentric layers. A softer nucleus pulposus is in the
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RETIREMENT AND THE FINE ART OF THE BUCKET LIST After 37 years or so of helping people ‘take back their lives’, it seems the wheel of life has turned and its now my turn to begin exploring the fine art of “The Bucket List”. In many ways it seems like ‘just yesterday’ that I made
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