{"id":3341,"date":"2026-04-07T22:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=3341"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:37:09","slug":"its-never-just-one-thing-bbc-doctor-urges-wider-approach-to-pain-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=3341","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s Never Just One Thing\u2019: BBC Doctor Urges Wider Approach to Pain Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Patients reaching for paracetamol or ibuprofen have been urged to look beyond tablets and consider a broader toolkit for managing pain, a BBC GP has said. Appearing on BBC Morning Live, Dr Punam Krishan stressed that pain is\u00a0<strong>complex<\/strong>, with acute and chronic conditions often requiring different types of support rather than a pills-only strategy. She highlighted evidence-based options such as ice or heat therapy for minor issues, along with staying active through stretching, swimming and gentle walking. For people with long-term pain, she pointed to structured physiotherapy, TENS machines available via the NHS, cognitive behavioural therapy and some complementary treatments like acupuncture and certain herbal remedies. Her warning comes amid ongoing UK shortages of key painkillers including co-codamol, intensifying pressure on both patients and community pharmacies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/health\/bbc-doctor-gives-paracetamol-ibuprofen-36966694\">Read the full original report in the Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patients reaching for paracetamol or ibuprofen have been urged to look beyond tablets and consider a broader toolkit for managing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3343,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3341\/revisions\/3343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}