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Archive for the ‘Videos & multimedia’ Category

July 19th, 2008

How you feel pain

Have  you ever wondered how exactly it is that you feel pain after you’ve banged your elbow - what the process is? Whether it’s acute pain from breaking your ankle or living with chronic pain, the process seems to be mysterious.
The MayoClinic.com has this article and a video to help you understand: How you feel […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

July 17th, 2008

Make your own heating pad/rice bag

Have you ever wanted just a little heating pad or something to carry around as you move about the house or sit at your desk?
If you’re like me and don’t like heating pads because you don’t want to be attached to a cord or water bottles because of their weight, a rice bag may be […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 3 comments

July 9th, 2008

3 Radio shows on neuropathic pain

Neuropathic pain, nerve pain, can be very severe and intense. It’s also a type of pain that can be difficult to treat. I found three different radio shows that discuss neuropathic pain that you may be interested in. Just click on the picture of the radio below.
From March 2008 -

From May 2008 -

From June 2008 […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

July 7th, 2008

Radio show: What is multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is a disease that tends to strike people in more northern countries, like Canada and the northern parts of the United States, than in warmer sunnier countries. Researchers aren’t quite sure why yet, but it is an interesting finding.
MS also strikes more women then men and lately, there has been a movement to […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

July 6th, 2008

Radio show on Crohn’s disease

What is Crohn’s disease? What are its symptoms? How does Crohn’s disease cause chronic pain? Are there treatments?
To answer these questions and more, click on the radio below to listen to a radio show that was taped in November 2007. Dr. Gary Wild, from the McGill University Health Center in Montreal, Canada, discusses Crohn’s disease.
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By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

July 2nd, 2008

Live Webcast Discussion About Film: In Their Boots

I just received this message from the American Pain Foundation
TODAY!
Brenda Murdough, MSN, RN-C, Participates in Live Webcast Discussion About Film IN THEIR BOOTS!
Brenda will join other experts to provide pain care information and resources after the webcast of the first show in a new documentary series about the experiences of military service members and […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

June 30th, 2008

Video: Lawn mower safety

They’re a fact of life in the suburbs and in the country: lawn mowers. For those of us who aren’t lucky enough to be able to hire someone to mow the lawn for us, we have to use those noisy dangerous beasts to tame our own yards.
Before you end up hurting yourself though, be sure […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

June 28th, 2008

Video: Fibromyalgia explained

Sometimes, we can read as much as we want about something, but watching a video can put it into better perspective. I found this video on fibromyalgia that I thought explained the disease - and why it’s misunderstood - in a simple manner. To watch the video, just click on the TV screen below:

Here are […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

June 24th, 2008

Creaky joints - sounds like an old-age rock band, doesn’t it?

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

June 18th, 2008

Radio interview about CRPS/RSD

Whether you call it reflex sympathetic dystrophy or complex regional pain syndrome, the result it the same: excruciating, unknown pain that can wear you right down.
While there is no cure for CRPS, researchers are working on it. Here is an interesting audio for you to listen to. It is a radio interview of Anne Louise […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 1 comment

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