Natural Pain Relief

Natural pain relief works by decreasing sharp pain transmitted by the nerves or causing the brain to pay attention to something else. This is true for needle pain, bee stings, laser hair removal, injections... you name it. The same sharp pain is transmitted on the same nerves no matter what the cause.

While transmission of sharp pain can be stopped with medical pain relief, using medicines that stop the flow of information, many people prefer natural alternatives to pain management.  Click on touch or focus distraction  to learn some of the magic tricks you can use yourself!

Touch distraction is an all natural method of alternative pain relief, confusing the nerves by sending other information that the body is designed to value more than sharp pain information.

Focus distraction draws attention away from the pain sensation, and is easy to do anywhere for quick needle procedures or painful injections. Blowing bubbles, finding hidden objects or tooting a kazoo, all are forms of focus distraction.

Recent reports mentioned that swearing decreases pain. For a kid, allowing them to say "booger" or "poop" may have the same effect. The study found 4x better pain relief for non-swearers, so maybe if you make up some good swear words you can get additional humor pain relief added in. "FLABBLESNARP!", anyone? Aw, crunchy bootbuddies. Snoot.

For children, pain is only a small part of the distress they experience with bee stings, shots, or other painful procedures. Decreasing any of the components of fear, attention, or pain will decrease distress, and some children will work better with one method than another.

Buzzy^® is a new natural needle pain management device that incorporates both of these forms of pain distraction as well as the scientific principles of the gate control theory of pain.  Buzzy^® uses the natural pain relievers of cold and vibration to confuse your body's nerves, and dull or eliminate the sensation of sharp pain.