July 19th, 2008
Even if you don’t have neck pain, this is a good post for you - after all, the best way to treat pain is to avoid it in the first place.
If you head on over to 5-Minute Neck Exercises, you will see some slides to show you what to do to relax and help soothe […]
By Marijke Durning, RN -- 2 comments
July 18th, 2008
People who live with chronic pain or chronic disease in the United States know how costly it can be. As the costs add up, they may often wonder how they will be able to afford all their necessities.
The American Pain Foundation has put together some helpful information on this topic, Financial Issues. According to the […]
By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments
July 18th, 2008
Every day, I search the web for information to put in this blog but sometimes I forget about a fabulous resource - the very channel that hosts Help My Hurt and Womb Within.
Here are 5 interesting posts from around the channel. Not all have to do with pain, but they’re worth taking note of, I […]
By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments
July 15th, 2008
Welcome back to another edition of the Help My Hurt Blog Carnival.
I had a good response, unfortunately some had to be rejected because they weren’t even close to having anything to do with pain. But, no matter, because these other posts have some great information.
If you like this Living With Pain Blog Carnival, please pass […]
By Marijke Durning, RN -- 4 comments
July 15th, 2008
The worlds “ovarian cancer” can be frightening. Unfortunately, it’s often one of those cancers that is usually detected only when it has progressed so far that the prognosis is less than one would hope for.
Sure, we read of the signs and symptoms, but they’re so vague that they can be easily brushed off as something […]
By Marijke Durning, RN -- 2 comments
July 14th, 2008
Diana Lee over at Somebody Heal Me is hosting this month’s Headache Blog Carnival.
Generally speaking, a blog carnival is a collection of links to a variety of a blogs on a central topic. The Headache & Migraine Disease Blog Carnival has been created to provide both headache and migraine disease patients and people who blog […]
By Marijke Durning, RN -- 2 comments
July 12th, 2008
There’s a good article over at DukeHealth.org about the causes of and treatments for shoulder pain. There’s also a video presentation on shoulder pain.
If you’d like to learn more about shoulder pain, go to My Aching Shoulder: Shoulder Pain Causes and Treatments.
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By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments
July 12th, 2008
Neuropathy is pain from the nerves - the most common types that we hear about are postherpetic neuralgia, which can happen after shingles, and diabetic neuropathy, a complication of diabetes.
Unfortunately, there aren’t really any effective treatment for neuropathic pain yet, and the chronic pain can really affect a person’s quality of life. I saw an […]
By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments
June 28th, 2008
I’ve written about how chronic pain can affect your sex life, (Have chronic pain? You can still have sex. and Sex & chronic pain - the two can go together) but Disaboom, a great blog, has another article in it: Fibromyalgia and Sex.
Disaboom is a great site that discusses all stuff that can be related […]
By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments
June 24th, 2008
And now… please put your hands together for…. the CREAKY JOINTS!!!!!
Ok, maybe Creaky Joints isn’t the follow-up to the aging Rolling Stones, but it is a great website for people who do have creaky joints and do have chronic pain.
I received an email today from someone who works with CreakyJoints.org. She wrote, […]
By Marijke Durning, RN -- 3 comments
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