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Are Flip Flops the Wrong Footwear for You?
As the summer draws to a close, many of you may be lamenting that your favorite shoes of the summer will be packed away until…
Living With Pain: The Challenge of Habituation
I have written a number of blog posts about the relationship issues associated with chronic pain. Today, I want to focus on your relationships with family –…
Chronic Pain Can be Lonely: Nine Ways to Reconnect
Chronic pain can make it hard to feel connected to others. Pain puts a strain on friendship – whether you have fibromyalgia, headaches, back pain,…
Microcurrent Point Stimulation
Scar tissue, depending on the location, may cause pain throughout the body. When Quentin Glenn complained of leg and back pain to her physical therapist…
Pain and Anxiety: Rinse It Out
In spin class, I have frequently heard instructors say “rinse it out” after a particularly intense bout of cycling. I have always supposed that they are…
What Are The Barriers To Sex?
Paul Karoly, Aaron Taylor, and I conducted a study of over 2,000 people with different forms of chronic pain from across the United States and found that 63%reported that pain interfered…
That Old Adage About Laughter
You know what they say…..”Laughter is the best medicine”? According to an article with that title on http://www.helpguide.org/life/humor_laughter_health.htm, laughter is that and so much more. The…
Improve Your Sleep
Sleep plays a crucial role in the daily experience of people with chronic pain. Of course, research (and probably your own experience) has demonstrated that pain can…
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Caregiver Toolbox: Travel
It is hard to imagine what it’s like to live with chronic, severe pain. If you’re a caregiver, or simply know someone in pain, there’s…
Managing Gout
I have a name men dread and loathe to hear; They call me GOUT, a fearsome scourge to men;I bind their feet in sinew-knotting cords, When I…