Across our case records, 83% report their pain cut by half or more after a single Coherent Energy treatment. In the clinical trials behind nine widely used painkillers, that figure runs from 26% to 64% — for a few hours, with a list of risks attached. Here is the data, side by side.
Coherent Energy figures come from our own documented case records, not from a clinical trial. How to read this comparison.
Researchers judge a painkiller by one question: how many people get at least half of their pain relieved? It is the standard measure across hundreds of randomized, double-blind trials.1
The best any single painkiller manages is about 64%. Standard ibuprofen and naproxen reach 52%. The opioids do worse than most people expect: codeine helps 26%, when a placebo in the same trials helped 17%.
In our case records, 83% of scored sessions ended with pain cut by half or more after a single treatment.
Coherent Energy: after a single treatment. Painkillers: after a single dose, over 4–6 hours.
Not a head-to-head trial. Painkillers: single-dose trials after surgery.1,2 Coherent Energy: our own case records. How to read this comparison.
Every Coherent Energy session starts with a pain score from 0 to 10 and ends with another. On average, pain falls from 5.4 to 1.7 — a 70% average pain reduction after a single treatment.
Drug trials do not publish a number that direct. They score relief as a share of the maximum possible over 4–6 hours, and the reviews report only how many people passed the halfway mark. So the painkiller bars here are rough estimates, worked back from that halfway figure with a formula from the Oxford pain research group.3 The strongest single painkiller lands near 57%. Most sit between 40% and 50%.
Coherent Energy: measured drop in pain score. Painkillers: estimated average relief from a single dose (≈).
The Coherent Energy bar is measured. The painkiller bars are rough estimates worked back from published trial results,3 not a literal drop on a 0–10 scale.
A painkiller works on a clock. In the same trials, the pain came back within hours and people asked for more medication — which is why the label says to take it again every 4 to 6 hours. A Coherent Energy treatment is not a dose. There is nothing to wear off on a schedule and nothing to take again.
Typical time after a single dose before trial participants asked for another painkiller.1
Time until trial participants asked for more medication after one dose.1,2
We score pain immediately before and after each treatment. What happens in the days and weeks that follow, in clients' own words.
I don’t feel any pain now.
Jennifer · 20 years of chronic lower back pain · recorded one month after her treatment, still pain free.
Watch Jennifer’s testimonialSince then, I’ve basically had no pain.
Okto · years of chronic pain from 14 rib fractures · from a 6–7 out of 10 to a 1 in one treatment.
Watch Okto’s testimonialMy headache dissipated completely!
Dawn · migraines for over 20 years · from a 6–7 to a 0 in thirty minutes, and still pain free the next morning.
Watch Dawn’s testimonialIndividual accounts, not averages. See all testimonials →
And for pain that has already lasted months or years — the kind most of our clients arrive with — the long-term evidence for painkillers is thinner still.
Every painkiller here carries warnings its own label spells out, and the most serious ones carry the FDA's strongest: a boxed warning. The risks grow with the dose and with every week of use — which is exactly how pain that keeps coming back gets treated.
Across 200+ documented sessions, zero negative side effects have been reported. A treatment is noninvasive, drug-free and hands-off: nothing to swallow, nothing for the liver, stomach or kidneys to process, nothing to build a tolerance to and nothing to taper. Some clients report feeling relaxed and calm, or a sense of emotional relief, after a treatment.
| Treatment | Pain cut by half or more | Placebo in the same trials | Average relief | Hours until more medication | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coherent Energysingle treatment | 83% | no placebo group | 70% measured | not a dose | 177 scored sessions |
| Diclofenac50 mg, potassium | 64% | 17% | ≈57% | 4.5 | 7 trials · 757 people |
| Oxycodone15 mg · opioid | 54% | 32% | ≈49% | — | 2 trials · 228 people |
| Ibuprofen400 mg | 52% | 12% | ≈48% | 5.6 | 51 trials · 5,604 people |
| Naproxen500/550 mg | 52% | 15% | ≈48% | 8.9 | 9 trials · 784 people |
| Acetaminophen975/1,000 mg | 46% | 18% | ≈43% | 3.9 | 28 trials · 3,232 people |
| Celecoxib400 mg | 43% | 5% | ≈41% | 8.4 | 5 trials · 722 people |
| Aspirin600/650 mg | 39% | 15% | ≈38% | — | 65 trials · 4,965 people |
| Tramadol100 mg · opioid | 30% | 8% | ≈31% | — | 7 trials · 578 people |
| Codeine60 mg · opioid | 26% | 17% | ≈28% | 2.7 | 33 trials · 2,411 people |
| Lower, everyday doses of the same drugs — not charted above and not counted in the averages | |||||
| Naproxen200/220 mg · one Aleve | 45% | 16% | ≈42% | — | 2 trials · 202 people |
| Ibuprofen200 mg · one Advil | 41% | 7% | ≈39% | 4.7 | 18 trials · 2,103 people |
| Celecoxib200 mg · the usual dose | 35% | 11% | ≈35% | 6.6 | 4 trials · 705 people |
| Oxycodone5 mg · opioid | 25% | 20% | ≈27% | 2.3 | 3 trials · 317 people |
Painkiller figures are from Cochrane reviews of single-dose trials after surgery.1,2 “Average relief” for painkillers is an estimate.3
This is not a clinical trial or a head-to-head study. The Coherent Energy figures come from our own case records: pain scores from 0 to 10 that clients report right before and after a treatment, across 177 scored sessions of 209 documented. They are not randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled or independently verified.
The painkiller figures measure something different. They come from randomized trials of a single dose after surgery, measured over 4 to 6 hours.1,2 The harms described above come mainly with higher doses and long-term use.22
This page is not medical advice. Do not stop or change a prescribed medication without talking to your doctor. Individual results vary.
If yours isn't here, the consultation call is the right place to ask.
Not on our say-so. Never stop or change a prescribed medication without talking to your doctor — some, opioids especially, need to be tapered. Many clients come to us while still taking medication. If your pain drops, you and your doctor can decide what you still need.
It is an honest one, with limits we state plainly. The painkiller numbers come from randomized, double-blind trials. Ours come from our own case records, with no placebo group and no blinding. The two sets of numbers were not gathered the same way, and the note above spells out the differences.
What we can say is that every session is documented, the figures are calculated from those records, and the records are open for you to read.
Expectation plays a part in every pain treatment, and without a controlled trial we can't measure its share in ours. For scale: in the drug trials on this page, a placebo cut pain by half for 5% to 32% of people. In our records the figure is 83%.
Energy Healing is noninvasive, drug-free, and contact-light. Across 200+ documented sessions, zero negative side effects have been reported. Some clients report feeling relaxed and calm, or a sense of emotional relief, after a treatment.
No. Energy Healing is not a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment. It is best used as a complementary modality alongside appropriate medical care, physical therapy, training, and recovery practices. If you have an acute or serious medical condition, please continue working with your medical team.
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