Pain management techniques such as thermal agents and electrotherapy, as well as therapeutic exercise and behavioral therapy, alone or in tandem with interventional techniques and conventional pharmacotherapy to treat pain, usually as part of an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary program. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation has been found to be ineffective for lower back pain, however, it might help with diabetic neuropathy. Acupuncture involves the insertion and manipulation of needles into specific points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes. An analysis of the 13 highest quality studies of pain treatment with acupuncture, published in January 2009 in the "British Medical
There is a pain — so utter — There is a pain — so utter — "There is a pain — so utter —" is a poem written by American poet Emily Dickinson. It was not published during her lifetime. Like many of Dickinson's poems "There is a pain - so utter -" was substantially changed when it was first published in 1929. The original version with Dickinson's typical dashes was restored by scholar Thomas H. Johnson for his 1955 edition of "The Poems of Emily Dickinson". <poem> There is a pain - so utter - It swallows substance up - Then covers the Abyss with Trance -