Successful Integrative Medicine Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Pain Associated With Breast Surgery: A Report of 3 Cases

Holist Nurs Pract. 2017 Jan/Feb;31(1):21-29. doi: 10.1097/HNP.0000000000000188.

Abstract

Presented is the first reported case series of chronic neck and back pain associated with breast scars from breast surgery and successfully treated with an integrative medicine assessment and treatment approach, which included the assessment technique of autonomic response testing and the scar therapy technique of neural therapy. Implications for nursing practice are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chronic Pain / therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kinesiology, Applied*
  • Mastectomy / adverse effects*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pain, Postoperative / therapy*
  • Retrospective Studies