Within My Control:5 Lessons in Pain Management Guest Post by Mandy Mercuri from Take Hold of Pain Six years ago I attended a 3 week intensive hospital-based pain management clinic. It changed my life! During this course, I learned that pain is just a sensation within my body. Oftentimes the … [Read more...]
Fibromyalgia and Personality
Fibromyalgia and Personality How many times have you heard that Fibromyalgia is associated with Type A personality? I know I hear it all the time. I wondered if there was actually any research to confirm a personality relationship to Fibromyalgia or even chronic pain. I’ve also wondered more and … [Read more...]
8 Tips for Managing Pain Naturally
Why I stopped chasing a cure/taking pain relievers How I Manage Pain Naturally by Jessica Martin They say a picture says a thousand words and this could not be more true for the two Jessica's above. I spent a third of my life, if not more searching for a cure for chronic pain. I … [Read more...]
What is Small Fiber Neuropathy
In the last few years we’ve seen many articles about the overlap of small fiber neuropathy (or small fiber polyneuropathy – same thing) with Fibromyalgia. And, the hope that we may be able to use skin biopsies of these small fiber nerves to diagnose Fibromyalgia. I’ll be honest I thought for a … [Read more...]
Review of CBD Muscle Rub for Pain Relief
Review of Fay Farm CBD Muscle Rub for Pain Relief There are multiple ways of using cannabinoid products without smoking marijuana, and some that are even legal in non-medical marijuana states, CBD oil is one of those. This review covers using CBD muscle rub for pain relief. When The Fay Farm … [Read more...]
The 3 Ms of Coping with Chronic Pain and Fatigue
Coping with chronic fatigue can be difficult on the best of days. However much we struggle, we need to focus on maintaining a three important things in our life. I call these the three M's of Coping. Coping with chronic pain requires that you maintain relationships When you live with chronic … [Read more...]
The Pain Scale is a Chronic Pain
I hate when doctors ask me to rate my pain. It's probably my biggest pet peeve when visiting the doctor (right up there with being weighed - who needs that stress?) How am I supposed to rate my pain? They say it's on a scale of 1 to 10, but what am I comparing it to? Recently, I had a … [Read more...]
How you can help someone who has Chronic Pain and Fatigue
If you have a spouse or loved one living with chronic pain or chronic fatigue, you may feel useless at times because you can't ease their pain, you can't make them physically feel better. Often you want to do something or at least offer advice just in hopes that it might help them feel better. … [Read more...]
Chronic Pain on Dr. Phil
Every so often one of the afternoon talk shows dedicates a whole five minutes to discussing a health issue. Most recently that talk show was Dr. Phil (again), and again he brought on Pfizer Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Frieda Lewis-Hall. This episode focused on Mary, who has lived for years with … [Read more...]
Fibromyalgia, Pelvic Pain and Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy (Guest Post)
Fibromyalgia, Pelvic Pain and Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy by Lauren I’ve struggled with intermittent, unexplained pelvic pain for many years. As a teenager, my cramps were excruciating. My family doctor thought it was ovarian cysts and gave me a prescription for the birth control pill. … [Read more...]
