Breast Pain: When Even Hugs Hurt

Woman-to-woman, let me ask you: have you ever avoided a nice, warm hug from a loved one, simply because your breasts were too tender? Would it have sounded scary if a conventional doctor had diagnosed your problem as mastalgia? No worries. Just get rid of mastalgia, gently — with homeopathy.

- Dr Joette Calabrese

To most, medical terms like mastalgia induce a natural feeling of fright. In actuality, mastalgia is just a fifty-cent word for breast pain — the Greek mastos, meaning breast and algia, meaning pain. And, who among us hasn’t had sore, tender, or downright painful breasts during our lives?

Mastalgia may be the result of many conditions: breast development during puberty, premenstrual syndrome [PMS], pregnancy, nursing, hormonal shifts during menopause, or even injury.

I want to say right here at the outset of our conversation that if breast pain is severe, or odd, a therapeutic diagnosis would be prudent. We certainly don’t ignore important signs.

However, I’m suggesting the pyramid be flipped — before running off to the doctor, it’s often smart to consider the inexpensive, self-directed approach of homeopathy. Indeed, a diagnosis can actually help pinpoint the most precise homeopathic remedy to choose.