]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/chronic-pain Blog Articles Tagged with 'chronic-pain' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/924025?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Reminder: November Pain-Blog Carnival submissions due today.For many of us, chronic pain is exactly that - chronic. Meaning it s here to stay, it s settled in - it s not going away. What changes when you can t be cured? Settled in... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/924025?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:57:22 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/923986?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain It s not often that I recommend natural remedies because there s rarely any scientific evidence that they work better than a placebo. But when there s data supporting their use I m all for it. Such is now the case in the treatment of irrita... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/923986?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:47:08 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/923593?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Two of the most interesting new treatments for chronic pain are graded motor imagery and mirror therapy. A related experimental treatment which is being studied as we speak is called tactile discrimination. What s this about?Chronic pain ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/923593?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:15:40 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/923247?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Back in May of 2007, I wrote a piece entitled Is fibromyalgia a real illness? in which I stated that there is no question that it is real. I wrote that Fibromyalgia is a common cause of chronic pain in the bones and muscles even... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/923247?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:14:55 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/923057?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain I received this question from a reader, Migraine Chick:Have you ever come across people having sleep disorders because of chronic pain? I ve been having problems with sleep paralysis when I m home sick and trying to sleep with my migraine... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/923057?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:31:26 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/922691?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Pages: 1 2 Next Single Page I was browsing a blog the other day and saw an undated (recent?) entry suggesting that research shows that weather has little effect on our mood. The entry relied heavily on a recent study (Denissen et a... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/922691?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:56:28 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/923058?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain In honor of her book Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working, Girlfriend! being published, Rosalind Joffe, of the blog Working with Chronic Illness, is on a virtual book tour. She s stopping by here today to answer a reader s quest... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/923058?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:31:59 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/921960?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Our local Phillies won the World Series, and the next day I saw people wearing red P baseball hats and Phillies t-shirts, and giving each other the thumbs up sign. There was a cheerful camraderie in the air in our City of Brotherly Love. And to... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/921960?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:27:44 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/921703?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Managing chronic pain is becoming increasingly difficult. As Dr. Rob observes, many primary care doctors simply don't prescribe narcotic medications.Worse, pain specialists often won't either, preferring to focus on procedures and non-narcotic manag... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/921703?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:00:01 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/921182?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain This past Saturday was rainy, so we postponed the ride until Sunday. We started out with sun just peeking through a misty morning, and by the end, glorious sun shone down on us. Thanks to a final generous donation of $1000 by Pentec Health, we s... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/921182?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:33:59 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/920929?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain NanoVibronix out of Nesher, Israel just received FDA approval for the company's PainShield device, a system that uses disposable electronically activated patches to deliver ultrasound to areas of localized pain.From the product page:The PainShield de... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/920929?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:20:25 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-anonymous/920904?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Thanks so much to Carrie for being on Show 53 tonight (don't forget to rate the show!). (Download the show here.) We started the interview by talking about how she came to choose nursing as a career - and specifically the career of working with neona... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-anonymous/920904?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:24:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/920900?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Chronic pain can be very scary the pain itself, difficulty with work and hobbies, stress in your relationships, etc. You all are brave!In honor of Halloween next Friday, here s a list of the 13 scariest movies from the Internet Movie Databa... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/920900?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:14:50 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/920665?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Please support my RSDSA charity bike ride - 3 days left!No one goes out searching for chronic illness or chronic pain, but unfortunately, it finds us. How we view these circumstances can determine, to a great degree, our quality of life.A study ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/920665?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:24:13 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/pain-migraine/920658?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Whether it's reading the news or listening to frequent discussions around us, we can't ignore the state of our current economy. People reviewing investments feel the urgency and panic that go with the realization of hard-earned money being lost. Peop... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/pain-migraine/920658?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:07:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/daily-headache/919674?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Health.com, a new website in the vein of WebMD, offers comprehensive resources on headache and chronic pain. Resources include original articles as well as recommendations for other sites. The Daily Headache is featured as one of the best sites for h... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/daily-headache/919674?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:04:07 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/919410?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the University of Helsinki have collaborated on a project that identified prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), as an excellent protein for pain suppression. The protein appears to be eig... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/919410?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:03:36 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/919129?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Please support my RSDSA charity bike ride!While opioids (narcotics) can be helpful with chronic pain, they can also have significant side effects. Constipation is one of the main negative effects.And we re not talking a minor slow down. ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/919129?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:22:29 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fibromyalgia-research-blog/918968?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain The journal Brain [2008 Sep 26] just published a study on a fascinating study from the University of Regensburg's Clinic for Rheumatology in Germany. The researchers write that fibromyalgia patients often report memory and attention problems in addit... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fibromyalgia-research-blog/918968?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:54:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/pain-migraine/918198?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain For folks who suffer chronic pain and limitations, the tendency to stay home and remain sedentary can be more harmful than good. The fear of making pain increase or symptoms intensify is very real and the fear in itself can be crippling if we are not... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/pain-migraine/918198?rsstype=tag&tag=chronic-pain Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:00:00 -0400