September 1st, 2008
Someone asked me an interesting question the other day. When she found out that beside my regular freelancing, I write for a few blogs. She didn’t ask me why I wrote the blogs - a question many people ask - but why she should read my blogs? So, after thinking about it, here are the […]
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August 2nd, 2008
People sometimes say that they eat to help them feel better. Of course, they usually mean this to be feeling better emotionally or psychologically, but can food help you feel better physically too?
According to this article, Healing Meals: Foods That May Fight Pain, yes, certain foods can help people who are living with chronic […]
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August 1st, 2008
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 28th, 2008
Thanks to a Yahoo group called Chronic Pain Association, I learned about a site where you can read - for free - some natural health books. I had a look and found this one: The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Women.
I didn’t go through it completely, but I did see in the chapters that […]
By Marijke Durning, RN -- 1 comment
July 25th, 2008
Pain doesn’t affect everyone with cancer, even in the dying phase, but it does affect many. The pain can be from the primary cancer itself or from areas to where the cancer has spread, like the bones.
Cancer pain is a different type of pain to manage from other sorts of chronic pain. In some cases, […]
By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments
July 24th, 2008
Ok, let’s take a look at what’s really happening. Just today, I’ve read the following headlines:
US fentanyl deaths topped 1,000 over 2 years
Fentanyl deaths topped 1,000 over two years
Fentanyl deaths topped 1,000 over 2 yearsin US
Fentanyl deaths in the United States topped 1,000 over 2 years
Seems clear enough, right? Over 1000 people died in the […]
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July 24th, 2008
While getting a diagnosis of a disease like Crohn’s disease isn’t what most people want, when you’ve been sick or affected by chronic pain, severe pain, getting such a diagnosis is often a relief.
An 18-year-old in the United Kingdom had been experiencing severe abdominal pain for five years before she was finally diagnosed with Crohn’s […]
By Marijke Durning, RN -- 2 comments
July 23rd, 2008
The pain of a broken heart is more than missing someone who you loved - it can result in actual physical chronic pain.
According to the article, How emotional pain can really hurt, “new brain scanning technologies are revealing that the part of the
brain that processes physical pain also deals with emotional pain.”
Apparently, chronic pain is […]
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July 21st, 2008
Despite headaches being one of the most common types of chronic pain, there are many myths and many questions surrounding them.
This article, from the Daily News in the UK, does a good job of explaining the 7 most common myths: How to take the pain out of dealing with your headaches.
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July 19th, 2008
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 […]
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