In short: natural pain management goes after the root of chronic pain using anti-inflammatory nutrition, targeted movement, bodywork and stress support, alongside the care you already receive. At Natural Medical Solutions in Roswell, GA it pairs with therapeutic massage and infrared sauna, acupressure and craniosacral therapy.
A great many people living with pain turn to natural pain management at some point, and the figure runs higher among those with arthritis or musculoskeletal conditions. The opioid crisis made the addiction risk in conventional pain medication impossible to ignore. What is less discussed is the slower damage, because even NSAIDs and acetaminophen wear on the body when they are overused, which is exactly how they tend to be used.
Herbal medicine is the most widely used form of natural pain relief. U.S. sales of herbal supplements reached a record $13.2 billion in 2024, up 5.4 percent on the year, according to the American Botanical Council's Herb Market Report. Acupuncture and acupressure have a following of similar scale, as do most of the natural pain management solutions we offer here.
Natural pain management runs on the same patient-centered approach you get from Dr. Gail Ravello and her team at Natural Medical Solutions Wellness Center: the plan is built around you rather than your diagnosis. If you want to try more natural routes to pain relief, call us at (770) 674-6311 or contact us online.
Natural pain management works by finding what is causing the pain and treating the person rather than the site of the symptom. Non-toxic methods come first. That means diet and nutrition, herbal medicine, sensible movement, nutritional supplements, homeopathy, changes to daily habits, therapies such as massage and acupressure, and a fair amount of education and counseling along the way.
Part of the work is identifying triggers. Inflammation is often the culprit, and it can come from something entirely unrelated to the injury or condition you are being treated for. Plenty of people discover that particular foods set off an inflammatory response, and that their pain rises with it.
Some of the alternative therapies we use as natural pain management solutions include:
Endorphins are the body's own painkillers. The hypothalamus and pituitary gland release them in response to pain or stress, and they dull pain while producing a temporary sense of wellbeing. Some natural pain relievers work by prompting that release, though each method reaches pain relief by its own route.
Before starting any natural pain relief, work with a doctor who understands natural pain management. Natural does not automatically mean safe for you, and some therapies are a poor fit for particular conditions. Your medical history and everything currently going on with your health need weighing before you begin anything.
A few approaches sit at the core of treating pain with natural pain management. We start individually, with you rather than the category you fall into, and we look for the root of the pain. Our background in natural medicine and alternative pain treatment means we account for how hormones, adrenal fatigue, genetics and stress feed chronic pain conditions. We also weigh things a conventional practice may never connect to your pain, from food allergens to environmental toxins, and how much the inflammatory response is contributing.
Any painful condition benefits from a conversation with a natural pain management doctor, but some respond particularly well to the approach, among them:
Mental wellness matters here too. Stress is a known contributor to how pain is experienced, and a great many people living with depression carry physical pain alongside it. To be clear, this is not psychosomatic pain. It is physical. We are trained in counseling, nutritional balancing, stress management and biofeedback, and we use them for physical complaints as readily as for depression and anxiety.
At Natural Medical Solutions Wellness Center, Dr. Ravello works toward long-term results rather than short-term relief. Our natural pain management approach means understanding what is actually causing your pain instead of treating it blind, and reading your experience of pain against everything else happening in your health rather than in isolation. Pain that keeps returning usually has a reason behind it, and that reason is what we go looking for.
Your treatment is built around your body, your lifestyle and your goals. Dr. Ravello's evaluation is deliberately broad, taking in physical, social and psychological factors along with family and genetic history.
From that evaluation, Dr. Ravello builds a natural pain management plan matched to your specific health issues. Depending on what she finds, your plan at Natural Medical Solutions Wellness Center may include any of the following:
The plan is always built for you specifically, and that is what Dr. Ravello aims for at Natural Medical Solutions Wellness Center.
At your first natural pain management consultation, Dr. Ravello goes through your personal and family medical history. Expect questions about current symptoms, stress and daily habits. Testing is sometimes necessary, and if it is, she will explain what she wants to run and why before anything is ordered.
Dr. Ravello knows both conventional and natural pain management options well, and she looks for root causes. Working out why your body is producing pain is what makes relief possible, and from there the aim is the most natural and least harmful route back to balance.
To get started with our natural pain management solutions, and to find real relief from pain rather than another way to mask it, call (770) 674-6311 or contact us online.
Dr. Gail Ravello holds a doctorate in Alternative and Integrative Medicine (PhD-IMD) from Quantum University and is board certified by the American Naturopathic Medical Certification Board (ANMCB). She is a highly skilled Naturopathic Doctor with an ND degree from Trinity School of Natural Health, and she has kept adding education and certifications since. Over 36 years in healthcare, she has worked in both private practice and hospital outpatient care.
Dr. Ravello is an active member of The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), Certified Natural Health Professionals (CNHP) and the Institute of Women's Health and Integrative Medicine, among other bodies.
Years of practice in Internal Medicine and Alternative Medicine here in Roswell have put a wide range of patients and problems in front of Dr. Ravello. That experience shows up as patience with detail. She reads the nuances in a medical history, the symptoms that do not quite fit, and the underlying issues driving them, then treats the cause.
Get in touch to start with natural pain management, or just to ask what your options for pain relief actually are. You can reach us at (770) 674-6311 or contact us online.
Natural Medical Solutions Wellness Center
1130 Upper Hembree Rd
Roswell, GA 30076
Phone:
(770) 674-6311
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