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Cannabis Use In Active Athletes: Behaviors Related to Subjective Effects

Puff Puff Post

She placed 4th in the triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won the 2008 Ironman 70.3 She is a seven-time Olympic trials qualifier in three sports: marathon (three), triathlon (three), and swimming (one). Nearly half of the athletes reported either acute or chronic pain. Study co-author Joanna Zeiger, MS, Ph.D.

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Cannabis Use In Active Athletes: Behaviors Related to Subjective Effects

Puff Puff Post

She placed 4th in the triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won the 2008 Ironman 70.3 She is a seven-time Olympic trials qualifier in three sports: marathon (three), triathlon (three), and swimming (one). Nearly half of the athletes reported either acute or chronic pain. Study co-author Joanna Zeiger, MS, Ph.D.

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THC & CBD-Rich Cannabis for Fibromyalgia

Project CBD

But there’s another option that can address mood, pain, and more at once, all with fewer side effects: cannabis. A November 2022 article in the journal Pain Practice 11 covers a clinical trial in which 30 women suffering from fibromyalgia symptoms resistant to traditional pharmacological treatments were provided medicinal cannabis.

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Best strains and terpenes for migraine relief

The Cannigma

The authors noted that while “promising data are emerging on the possible role of ECS in migraine…proper placebo-controlled trials are needed to establish a therapeutic role for cannabinoids.” 1 A 2008 study found serotonin and endocannabinoid levels, including anandamide, were lower in people with chronic migraines.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

Chronic pain or pain were the conditions most frequently mentioned in articles about cannabis, followed by epilepsy, cancer or cancer pain, and nausea and chemotherapy. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ). Cancer pain specifically was articulated in 38% of articles followed by nausea and chemotherapy in 33% of articles.