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Archive for the ‘Ask the Expert & Guest posts’ Category

August 17th, 2008

Guest post round up

Sometimes people approach me about writing a guest post, sometimes I ask others. If you know of someone who would be a great fit for the site, why not ask him or her to stop by and see if they’d like to write a guest post for us. Or - why don’t you? If you […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 1 comment

August 14th, 2008

Rules on how to be a better patient

Earlier, I put up a post on doctors’ rules: Does your doctor follow the rules? Well now, there the doctor who wrote those rules, came out with some patient rules. Honestly, as a nurse, these rules are so close to the truth, it’s not funny.
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What do you think about these rules? […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

August 1st, 2008

Guest post from Grounded Fitness: Susan Watiker

Susan Watiker, one of the bloggers for b5media’s newest health and wellness blog, Grounded Fitness, agreed to write a guest post for us.

There are a couple of really good reasons I decided to get into yoga, and chronic lower and upper back pain were right at the top of the list.
Let’s start with issues of […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 1 comment

July 13th, 2008

Call out for Company’s Calling participants

Company’s Calling, a popular Monday feature, hasn’t appeared for a while because I ran out of volunteers who wished to be interviewed. I would love to get the feature going again because I get emails (and comments) from people who appreciate learning how others have dealt with and who are dealing with their issues of […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 3 comments

July 3rd, 2008

Top 10 June posts at Help My Hurt

I like to see what posts bring the most traffic here - what people are interested in reading. Sometimes, I think I’ve got a post that will be incredibly interesting and everyone will want to “Stumble” (use stumbleupon.com to spread the news) and then very few people read it. Other times, I think it’s an […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 1 comment

June 4th, 2008

Painful dry mouth from medications

On May 25th, I posted information written by a friend of mine who we identified as “Suzie Q,” for privacy reasons. She has many health issues and is very eager to share her knowledge with people who may be able to identify with her and maybe benefit from what she has learned along the way.
So, […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 2 comments

June 2nd, 2008

An extra back pain question answered

On May 27th, I posted the answers to some back questions that had been submitted for our back expert, Malton Schexneider, PT, MMSc, a clinical specialist in orthopaedic physical therapy and is author of Back Pain Relief Secrets and Healthy Back Essentials (The back expert answers questions).
One question was submitted late and Malton agreed to […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

June 2nd, 2008

Company’s calling - a different type of visitor

Today’s visitor with Company’s calling is not only someone who is living with pain, but someone who helps people who have pain. Serena Wadhwa Psy.D., LCPC, CADC of the TriQual Living Center has graciously agreed to an interview about her work and here is what she had to say:
What made you interested in this field, […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

May 28th, 2008

Guest article: Spinal stimulation

Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, a company that manufactures spinal stimulators has kindly offered us this article on what spinal cord stimulation is and what the stimulators do.
Spinal Cord Stimulation
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) devices are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a method of pain control for the treatment of chronic pain of […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 1 comment

May 27th, 2008

In My Humble Opinion, By the Cane Man®

Today’s post is a guest post from Llano Gorman, The Cane Man®
In My Humble Opinion
O those days of old when you could use your cane for Style and Grace. Do you remember when your dad went on a walk with you and he had his walking stick with him? This stick was used for […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments