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Dr. Ming Kao

Pain physician & PhD statistician

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Category: Gentle pain treatments

November 15, 2018 Centralized pain / Frameworks of pain / Gentle pain treatments / Neuroscience

How to activate the brain to treat pain?

Pain signals converge in the core of the brainstem where they deeply influence behavior. For checks & balances, the brainstem

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October 4, 2018 Gentle pain treatments / Neuromodulation / Neuropathy

Nerve ablation for nerve and joint pain

Nerve ablation is key to the treatment of chronic pain. Ablation reduces nerve pain, as well as pain from spine

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September 25, 2018 Centralized pain / Gentle pain treatments

How to treat central pain with low-dose naltrexone (LDN)

In patients with central sensitization, pain signal is generated directly from within the spinal cord & brain. This means treatments

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August 23, 2018 Gentle pain treatments / Headache & migraines

How to treat chronic migraines with Botox

Botox injections once every 3 months can help reduce migraine sufferers by reducing headache frequency & severity. The Protocol Botox

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August 19, 2018 Gentle pain treatments

How to treat pain without pills: Topical medications

Many patients have chronic pain in their muscles, joints, or skin. For these patients, topical pain medication can be an

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Dr. Ming Kao is a Harvard-trained computational biologist and a double board-certified Pain Medicine as well as Rehabilitation physician. He is the Clinic Chief at Stanford Pain.

Opinions are Dr. Kao’s only, and are not medical advice. Dr. Kao receives no industry support.

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