The phrase 'may reduce pain' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use the phrase when referring to a potential effect of something, such as a treatment or therapy. For example, "Studies have shown that regular exercise may reduce pain caused by arthritis."
Thus, intra-articular (IA) injection therapies with BoNT/A may reduce pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).
The loop drainage technique (LDT) is an alternate approach that may reduce pain and scarring, as well as decrease the number of follow up visits needed.
CONCLUSION: SMF therapy significantly improves disability and may reduce pain when active magnets are worn continuously for 4 weeks in patients with CPP, but blinding efficacy is compromised.
Such events led us to consider whether delivering a small amount of anesthetic throughout the injection site, before the main injection, may reduce pain intensity and duration.
Since intrauterine infusion of lidocaine may reduce pain with endometrial aspiration, in this pilot study, we tested whether such infusion through an inexpensive endometrial aspirator could reduce IUD insertion pain scores with IUD insertion.
The suggestion here is that sleep deprivation may heighten the perception of pain, and restoration of normal sleep or taking stimulants that increase alertness (as one might experience after drinking coffee) may reduce pain sensitivity in this setting better than common and powerful pain relievers.
Water-based therapy and resistance training may help reduce pain and fatigue, too.
Massage may also reduce pain in the same way rubbing injured areas often does, by sending out sensory stimuli that compete with the pain stimuli.
Topical lidocaine and nerve blocks may also reduce pain.
Trying one or a combination (medicine, yoga and pilates, for instance) may significantly reduce pain.
The previous postulation that imagined exposure therapy may effectively reduce pain catastrophizing in FMS patients makes the investigation of VRET as a treatment for pain catastrophizing in FMS a plausible option [ 17].
