Study, 2020
What are the best ways to manage pain from PMS?
Pain can be managed with many approaches beyond medication, including physical therapies, mental techniques, and herbal products.
What they did
Information was reviewed on approaches to manage pain in PMS, covering medications, physical therapies, and other methods.
What they found
Pain is one of the most common PMS symptoms, happening in the abdomen, lower back, upper back, head, breasts, muscles, and joints. Medication is often used but can cause side effects and dependence with overuse. Non-medication methods that can help include aromatherapy, hypnosis, massage, reflexology, heat, acupuncture, yoga, distraction, music, meditation, therapeutic touch, and electrical nerve stimulation. Some herbal products like motherwort, St. John's wort, and meadowsweet may help manage pain.
What it means for you
Many pain management options exist beyond medication, which could help reduce medication side effects. Main limitation: this reviews available approaches rather than testing which methods work best.
About the study
- Original title
- Premenstrual Sendromda Ağrı Yönetimi
- Authors
- Hatice Sarı Çetin, Nülüfer Erbi̇l
- Journal
- Ordu Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Çalışmaları Dergisi
- Year
- 2020
- Study design
- Study
- What was tested
- None
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.693294