Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons. The discomfort signals actual or potential injury to the body.
- acute pain starts suddenly and is short-term
- chronic pain lasts for a longer period of time
- bone pain happens when cancer is affecting a bone
- soft tissue pain happens when organs, muscles or tissues are damaged or inflamed
- nerve pain happens when a nerve is damaged
- headache and orofacial pain originates in the head or face, and occurs for 50% or more days over a 3 months period
- referred pain is when pain from one part of your body is felt in another
- phantom pain is when there is pain in a part of the body that has been removed
The following conditions may be associated with chronic pain:
- cancer
- fibromyalgia
- spinal injury
- headaches
- back injury
- arthritis
- nerve inflammation or damage
- surgical trauma
- joint pain
- muscle aches
- burning pain
- fatigue
- sleep problems
- loss of stamina and flexibility, due to decreased activity
- mood problems, including depression, anxiety, and irritability
According to recent estimates, 6 million people in Canada (19% of the population) and 25 million in the United States (11%) report a form of chronic pain.
Cannabis Benefits
One of the most common applications for medical cannabis is pain, whether it’s inflammation, headaches, neuropathic pain, muscle soreness, spinal injury, fibromyalgia, or cramps. Patients have seen varying degrees of success with cannabis in treating pain-related ailments, depending on the type of pain, the intensity, and the individual’s own physiology.
Best Strains
- High-CBD strain
- CBD Oil
What Women Say
” It had never seriously occurred to me that people were using Marijuana like this. About a year ago, a friend suggested that I try a CBD mouth spray for my headaches. I was all ears, as she told me it was a great painkiller, and it didn’t make her tired, so she could go to work.”
“I find Cannabis cuts my migraine symptoms by 80 percent and lasts for a few hours. With a Vap I can keep things under control. It’s an absolute godsend.”
“Once I got my CBD oil, I used it sublingually (under my tongue) every couple of hours. It started working hour by hour more and more. After day 1, almost all the pain was gone. After I used up the bottle, I bought some other CBD product but it didn’t work, I got scammed and found out there was not much CBD in the product. Now I’m wiser and look carefully at the label and who I buy from. Based on my experiences, I would say that everyone with Fibromyalgia pain should try CBD oil – but make sure it’s the good stuff!”
“I have patients with a range of pain syndromes who have failed all their other treatments and for whom Herbal Cannabis has been the only reasonable option that they have that controls their symptoms,”
