Pain: masking it is asking for more

Wrenched your ankle? Bruised your hip or head? Standard response to an acute injury is to reduce the pain with a couple of pills, right? And the most frequent pill is an anti-inflammatory like Ibuprofen. That reduces inflammation (Hey I get it! Is that why it’s called an anti-inflammatory?), which is an accumulation of fluid […]

Pain: masking it is asking for more