Damn!!! Did You Know?

[guohua]

Have you heard about Cursing in your Doctors Office?
I guess they are recommending the Practise of using Bad Words to help relieve pain.

IT'S THE STREWTH 
Swearing like a trooper eases pain just like pills, study shows

  
I think it just Might Work,,, *come here Honey, I want to head your toe with this hammer, stop running!*

Effing and blinding, especially shouting s**t and f***, is so effective, researchers say it should be encouraged during medical treatments.

Letting rip is thought to help by distracting us and making us less uptight.

It may also trigger the body’s natural fight or flight response to stress, which, in turn, dampens pain.
Dr Richard Stephens, senior lecturer in psychology at Keele University, Staffs, said: “Swearing is drug-free, calorie-free, cost-free, and side effects-free, so why not try it?”

In tests, people who swore when their hand was put in a bucket of ice-cold water withstood the agony for 40 seconds longer.
The S-word and F-word were used by many of the subjects to good effect.

The study concluded: “If words are the most powerful drug used by mankind, then the physical therapy profession should embrace swearing to change the way our patients think, feel and perform.”

The team now aims to see if fruity language helps ease pain during physiotherapy.


But the researchers, writing in Archives of Physiotherapy, stressed: “Patients should not swear at the therapist. Verbal aggression appears to lead to a high degree of distress among healthcare workers.
“Many factors will play into whether swearing improves patient outcomes — including the need for clinicians to have excellent relationship skills.”
Source

Your thoughts?

[MissBeck]

Have you heard about Cursing in your Doctors Office?
I guess they are recommending the Practise of using Bad Words to help relieve pain.

IT'S THE STREWTH 
Swearing like a trooper eases pain just like pills, study shows

  
I think it just Might Work,,, *come here Honey, I want to head your toe with this hammer, stop running!*

Effing and blinding, especially shouting s**t and f***, is so effective, researchers say it should be encouraged during medical treatments.

Letting rip is thought to help by distracting us and making us less uptight.

It may also trigger the body’s natural fight or flight response to stress, which, in turn, dampens pain.
Dr Richard Stephens, senior lecturer in psychology at Keele University, Staffs, said: “Swearing is drug-free, calorie-free, cost-free, and side effects-free, so why not try it?”

In tests, people who swore when their hand was put in a bucket of ice-cold water withstood the agony for 40 seconds longer.
The S-word and F-word were used by many of the subjects to good effect.

The study concluded: “If words are the most powerful drug used by mankind, then the physical therapy profession should embrace swearing to change the way our patients think, feel and perform.”

The team now aims to see if fruity language helps ease pain during physiotherapy.


But the researchers, writing in Archives of Physiotherapy, stressed: “Patients should not  swear at the therapist. Verbal aggression appears to lead to a high degree of distress among healthcare workers.
“Many factors will play into whether swearing improves patient outcomes — including the need for clinicians to have excellent relationship skills.”
Source

Your thoughts?

I can’t imagine holding back!   When I hurt myself a string of expletives comes out of my mouth, much to the amusement of our service users at work. And yes, I do feel better after that! 

[VioletDove]

This is what I’ve been trying to explain to my sweet mom who always seems surprised at the foulness that spews from my mouth when I experience any sort of pain because sometimes “gosh darn” or “shoot fire” or “heckin poo” just doesn’t get the job done! 

[MissBeck]

This is what I’ve been trying to explain to my sweet mom who always seems surprised at the foulness that spews from my mouth when I experience any sort of pain because sometimes “gosh darn” or “shoot fire” or “heckin poo” just doesn’t get the job done! 

[fishertail]

“Swearing is drug-free, calorie-free, cost-free, and side effects-free, so why not try it?” I am nearly in tears that is too funny
Effect discussed in the original post "in tests":

[GeauxHomeLittleD]

My doctor is used to me cussing like a sailor all the time so I'm not sure he could differentiate between our normal conversation and me expressing pain like that. He'd probably think I was just really excited or something!

[Psychotic_Gemini]

I have to add, I'm naturally prone to foul language, my job in customer service however requires polite, calm, "clean" language. There is a certain level of satisfaction that comes with spewing a mouthful of expletives one right after the other and each one different... very orally satisfying    I'm not at all surprised it works as a pain reliever. The right combination of words works magic!

[Snarl]

I have to add, I'm naturally prone to foul language, my job in customer service however requires polite, calm, "clean" language. There is a certain level of satisfaction that comes with spewing a mouthful of expletives one right after the other and each one different... very orally satisfying    I'm not at all surprised it works as a pain reliever. The right combination of words works magic!

-chuckle- I had to call customer service on Friday.  The asshat who answered my call put me on hold without even saying hi.  After a little more than five minutes, I called the phone tree back ... punching into the sales line (knowing I'd get to talk to a human ... and right away).

I was already pissed when the guy answered ... and I pre-apologized for him having to take the call, because I don't play ... or moderate my language.  When he finally turned the call over to a supervisor, he had all the details laid out for her.  I think the customer service agent who put me on-hold was gonna get an earful.

The thing we all should remember when calling a company is that their time is money.  The longer you can keep them tied up listening to 'the problem' ... the better you're doing.  If you can get a few curse words into their overly sensitive ear canals ... so much the better.  I know I felt better.  Hee Hee

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

But the researchers, writing in Archives of Physiotherapy, stressed: “Patients should not swear at the therapist. Verbal aggression appears to lead to a high degree of distress among healthcare workers.
“Many factors will play into whether swearing improves patient outcomes — including the need for clinicians to have excellent relationship skills.”
Source

Your thoughts?

That is sure way to get an abrupt stop to your services, when it comes to me.

I have on more than one occasion, a heck of a lot more than a few occasions, stopped treatment and walked out on a patient for vile, rude, or aggressive behavior.

Now that is only if the vulgarities are addressed at me. If they are just yelling and cussing in attempt to manage the pain or to just get it out of their system, then they can have at it. Under those circumstances I can use that purging to the patient's benefit.

All bets are off the moment a patient directs their vitriol towards me.

Remember my motto? You teach people how to treat you.

[Psychotic_Gemini]

I have to add, I'm naturally prone to foul language, my job in customer service however requires polite, calm, "clean" language. There is a certain level of satisfaction that comes with spewing a mouthful of expletives one right after the other and each one different... very orally satisfying    I'm not at all surprised it works as a pain reliever. The right combination of words works magic!

-chuckle- I had to call customer service on Friday.  The asshat who answered my call put me on hold without even saying hi.  After a little more than five minutes, I called the phone tree back ... punching into the sales line (knowing I'd get to talk to a human ... and right away).

I was already pissed when the guy answered ... and I pre-apologized for him having to take the call, because I don't play ... or moderate my language.  When he finally turned the call over to a supervisor, he had all the details laid out for her.  I think the customer service agent who put me on-hold was gonna get an earful.

The thing we all should remember when calling a company is that their time is money.  The longer you can keep them tied up listening to 'the problem' ... the better you're doing.  If you can get a few curse words into their overly sensitive ear canals ... so much the better.  I know I felt better.  Hee Hee

That actually is pretty smart, calling a different department, noted for future use... My type of customer service is face to face... I work in a casino, it's intimidating to deal with the rare occasion of irate guests... all I have to do, thankfully, is call my supervisor, until then, smile and speak calmly and cheerfully 

[Snarl]

The right combination of words works magic!

I felt better.  Hee Hee

all I have to do, thankfully, is call my supervisor, until then, smile and speak calmly and cheerfully

How does that work ... being a Psychotic Gemini and all? 

BTW, welcome to RN3.  I like you already!!

[Psychotic_Gemini]

The right combination of words works magic!

I felt better.  Hee Hee

all I have to do, thankfully, is call my supervisor, until then, smile and speak calmly and cheerfully

How does that work ... being a Psychotic Gemini and all? 

BTW, welcome to RN3.  I like you already!!

 It's rough sometimes, just the Gemini part alone... never trust the smile, and the eyes speak (or scream) volumes. 
 Thanks for the welcome, I snuck in with a bunch of other refugees... and I gotta say, I think I'm stickin around

[Gortex]

My first thoughts are I'm glad that guy is wearing shorts !

As for medical treatments , I'll take the painkillers and save my swearing for the street thank you.

[TDDA]

Yes it's like the warrior's scream a bit. Tensing helps too to wane pain away. It's done unconscious and can be used to leverage in a fight or to wane it off quickly. While screaming a lot of tension is already happening.

I myself like to think of it as "bad chi". Just as chi can be collected throughout the body and directed and dumped, pain can be too. Breathing pain away is for me like breathing up chi, just different polarity (?). 

And also, the more you feel it the faster it wanes, maybe screaming helps experiencing it more too and so it's over faster. My sifu taught me to focus on injuries because it makes the body heal faster too instead of just ignoring it.

This is all nonscientific personal opinion though :)

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

Yes it's like the warrior's scream a bit. Tensing helps too to wane pain away. It's done unconscious and can be used to leverage in a fight or to wane it off quickly. While screaming a lot of tension is already happening.

I myself like to think of it as "bad chi". Just as chi can be collected throughout the body and directed and dumped, pain can be too. Breathing pain away is for me like breathing up chi, just different polarity (?). 

And also, the more you feel it the faster it wanes, maybe screaming helps experiencing it more too and so it's over faster. My sifu taught me to focus on injuries because it makes the body heal faster too instead of just ignoring it.

This is all nonscientific personal opinion though :)

But the little Grasshopper was told, "There is no pain." "There is no pain."

Okay that was supposed to be  a joke.

Screaming and cursing may help with the initial pain, but if it is continued it will be debilitating, and counter productive. Some people use this method as a way to distract from the pain and to project their pain somewhere else. Either way, if effective it is short lived, and likely to you placed at the bottom of the list to get treatment or help, and the first to get kicked out the door.

[DesertBorn]

I have found that deep breathing and cracking tons of jokes, even being flirtatious helps me get thru painful procedures.  If my care givers fall in love with me, I figure they will take better care of me, so I go in super positive and sweet as pie.  

Cussing is reserved for idiots or situations that only have my bills or services at stake.  Then they hang up on me and I have to start over.  I find myself leaning to finesse my complaints to avoid wasting my own time.

[TDDA]

Yes it's like the warrior's scream a bit. Tensing helps too to wane pain away. It's done unconscious and can be used to leverage in a fight or to wane it off quickly. While screaming a lot of tension is already happening.

I myself like to think of it as "bad chi". Just as chi can be collected throughout the body and directed and dumped, pain can be too. Breathing pain away is for me like breathing up chi, just different polarity (?). 

And also, the more you feel it the faster it wanes, maybe screaming helps experiencing it more too and so it's over faster. My sifu taught me to focus on injuries because it makes the body heal faster too instead of just ignoring it.

This is all nonscientific personal opinion though :)

But the little Grasshopper was told, "There is no pain." "There is no pain."

Okay that was supposed to be  a joke.

Screaming and cursing may help with the initial pain, but if it is continued it will be debilitating, and counter productive. Some people use this method as a way to distract from the pain and to project their pain somewhere else. Either way, if effective it is short lived, and likely to you placed at the bottom of the list to get treatment or help, and the first to get kicked out the door.

Yes of course constant screaming won't help, it's to feather the initial impact. I was looking at it from a martial "arts" and self defense viewpoint, where I know it works like that. While for example taking a hit with a deflection block (hurts a lot on the forearms) it helps to tense the fist for a split second after the impact to get over the initial pain and not have the nerves numbing your movement because of the pain.

I had to chuckle about your throw out example because I learned in EMT (mandatory for driver license here) that you look first for those that are not screaming. Because those that still scream are at least conscious and not under shock. The silent ones are the ones you go for first. Those that still can complain are better off than those than can not.

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

I have found that deep breathing and cracking tons of jokes, even being flirtatious helps me get thru painful procedures.  If my care givers fall in love with me, I figure they will take better care of me, so I go in super positive and sweet as pie.  

Cussing is reserved for idiots or situations that only have my bills or services at stake.  Then they hang up on me and I have to start over.  I find myself leaning to finesse my complaints to avoid wasting my own time.

I have to laugh, because all that know me, know that me in saccharine sweet mode is far more scary than me in my pissed mode.

[DesertBorn]

I have found that deep breathing and cracking tons of jokes, even being flirtatious helps me get thru painful procedures.  If my care givers fall in love with me, I figure they will take better care of me, so I go in super positive and sweet as pie.  

Cussing is reserved for idiots or situations that only have my bills or services at stake.  Then they hang up on me and I have to start over.  I find myself leaning to finesse my complaints to avoid wasting my own time.

I have to laugh, because all that know me, know that me in saccharine sweet mode is far more scary than me in my pissed mode.

Those that know me, know that I can turn on a dime, and by then, they have their guard down thinking Im a pushover.  So I know what you mean.

[Grace]

Have you heard about Cursing in your Doctors Office?
I guess they are recommending the Practise of using Bad Words to help relieve pain.

IT'S THE STREWTH 
Swearing like a trooper eases pain just like pills, study shows

  
I think it just Might Work,,, *come here Honey, I want to head your toe with this hammer, stop running!*

Effing and blinding, especially shouting s**t and f***, is so effective, researchers say it should be encouraged during medical treatments.

Letting rip is thought to help by distracting us and making us less uptight.

It may also trigger the body’s natural fight or flight response to stress, which, in turn, dampens pain.
Dr Richard Stephens, senior lecturer in psychology at Keele University, Staffs, said: “Swearing is drug-free, calorie-free, cost-free, and side effects-free, so why not try it?”

In tests, people who swore when their hand was put in a bucket of ice-cold water withstood the agony for 40 seconds longer.
The S-word and F-word were used by many of the subjects to good effect.

The study concluded: “If words are the most powerful drug used by mankind, then the physical therapy profession should embrace swearing to change the way our patients think, feel and perform.”

The team now aims to see if fruity language helps ease pain during physiotherapy.


But the researchers, writing in Archives of Physiotherapy, stressed: “Patients should not swear at the therapist. Verbal aggression appears to lead to a high degree of distress among healthcare workers.
“Many factors will play into whether swearing improves patient outcomes — including the need for clinicians to have excellent relationship skills.”
Source

Your thoughts?

Since I'm the one here who has lived long-term with a severe chronic pain disease, it's not "swearing" that helps to deal with pain, it's anger. 

Anger does something helpful with pain levels, that not being angry doesn't accomplish. The people who are cussing are subconsciously using anger to deal with the pain. 

However, it's not helpful long term, only very short term. No one can stay in such a negative headspace space for long, if they end up having to get into that headspace too often it changes them permanently and not for the better.

Also, while anger helps short-term, it also creates a stress that will increase pain levels in the long term. Stress increases pain, and anger = stress. So what anger does very short term, is counter productive in the long term.