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Chronic Pain

General, chronic pain with emphasis on a variety of specific conditions including Lupus, RSD, CRPS and more.
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Though you might feel isolated in the midst of a pain experience, those around you are likely deeply impacted by what you are going through – and there’s a good chance that they really want to be with you in this experience. They may just not know how to get in.Here are a few ways you can share your pain experience with people who care about you. Feeling Isolated, Sjogrens, Crps, Pain Management, Care About You, Support Group, Chronic Pain, Helping Others, Ill
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Though you might feel isolated in the midst of a pain experience, those around you are likely deeply impacted by what you are going through – and there’s a good chance that they really want to be with you in this experience. They may just not know how to get in.Here are a few ways you can share your pain experience with people who care about you.
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Add it all up, and the most tragic consequence of pain for millions is loss, and in particular, the loss of love in their daily lives. This is precisely what needs more attention when it comes to how we treat pain. You can start this change today by directing the narrative about your pain management toward ways of bringing more love into your life. Let your doctors know that this is important to you and an area where you’d like them to put their focus. Our latest from Dr. Abaci. Chronic Illness, Fibromyalgia, Bring It On, Let It Be, Reflexology, Autoimmune
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Add it all up, and the most tragic consequence of pain for millions is loss, and in particular, the loss of love in their daily lives. This is precisely what needs more attention when it comes to how we treat pain. You can start this change today by directing the narrative about your pain management toward ways of bringing more love into your life. Let your doctors know that this is important to you and an area where you’d like them to put their focus. Our latest from Dr. Abaci.
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PainPathways Magazine
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What are the best jobs for chronic pain sufferers? The reality is that it’s in the employee and the employer’s best interest to have a good job fit for pain sufferers. So to get the right “fit” and stay gainfully employed, what should you be looking for in a job? Here are a few things to look for in employment if you have some form of chronic pain - only online at PainPathways.org Missing Work, Chronic Illness Quotes, Telecommute, Pain Quotes, Career Advice
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What are the best jobs for chronic pain sufferers? The reality is that it’s in the employee and the employer’s best interest to have a good job fit for pain sufferers. So to get the right “fit” and stay gainfully employed, what should you be looking for in a job? Here are a few things to look for in employment if you have some form of chronic pain - only online at PainPathways.org
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5 Things I Don’t Admit on My Bad Pain Days - watch the video Chronic Migraines, Endometriosis, Chiari, Fibromyalgia Pain, Fibromyalgia Medication, Fibromyalgia Disability, Fibromyalgia Quotes, Fibromyalgia Syndrome
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5 Things I Don’t Admit on My Bad Pain Days - watch the video
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23 'Hacks' That Can Make Working Easier With a Chronic Illness Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diet, Chronic Fatigue Symptoms, Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms, Mental Illness, Fibromyalgia Pain Relief, Office Health, Travel
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23 'Hacks' That Can Make Working Easier With a Chronic Illness
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7 Things It's OK to Do When You're Chronically Ill - this is an excellent list and a good reminder when you feel guilty about being a chronic pain sufferer. Feel the guilt no more! Chronic Disease, Autoimmune Disease, Crohn's Disease, Kidney Disease, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Ulcerative Colitis, Hypothyroidism
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7 Things It's OK to Do When You're Chronically Ill - this is an excellent list and a good reminder when you feel guilty about being a chronic pain sufferer. Feel the guilt no more!
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Does the thought of holiday travel overwhelm you—even cause you to decline an invitation? These tips could help you ADAPT with less stress and pain. Older Adults, Caregiver, Holiday Travel, Supportive, Happy Life
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Does the thought of holiday travel overwhelm you—even cause you to decline an invitation? These tips could help you ADAPT with less stress and pain.
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Time management is so important, especially when you have a chronic illness. Here are my top tips for managing your time with a chronic illness! Autoimmune Disorder, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Invisible Illness
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Time management is so important, especially when you have a chronic illness. Here are my top tips for managing your time with a chronic illness!
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Check out When Chronic Pain Pushes Me to Take My Anger Out on Loved Ones - I don’t like the person I am when I take my pain out on those I love. It isn’t fair, and they deserve better. Afterward, they usually tell me it’s OK, because they know I’m in pain. But in my eyes it’s not OK – just because I am in a lot of pain doesn’t warrant me treating my loved ones terribly. Chronic Fatigue, Emotional Wellbeing, Emotional Health, Mental Health, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Backgrounds
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Check out When Chronic Pain Pushes Me to Take My Anger Out on Loved Ones - I don’t like the person I am when I take my pain out on those I love. It isn’t fair, and they deserve better. Afterward, they usually tell me it’s OK, because they know I’m in pain. But in my eyes it’s not OK – just because I am in a lot of pain doesn’t warrant me treating my loved ones terribly.
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Our Little Zebra - I’ll quickly note that I was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), in 2015, five years after the true onset of my chronic pain. We weren’t new to this genetic connective-tissue disorder. In fact, I married into a family of EDS gurus; my mother-in-law also has EDS and has been instrumental in providing us with information. And now we were told it was possible that our son, Landon, has EDS...read the rest of this story from our Fall 2017 issue on our website. Tension Headache, Headache Relief, Migraine Headaches, Headache Prevention, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Psoriatic Arthritis
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Our Little Zebra - I’ll quickly note that I was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), in 2015, five years after the true onset of my chronic pain. We weren’t new to this genetic connective-tissue disorder. In fact, I married into a family of EDS gurus; my mother-in-law also has EDS and has been instrumental in providing us with information. And now we were told it was possible that our son, Landon, has EDS...read the rest of this story from our Fall 2017 issue on our website.
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PainPathways Magazine
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Knowing what to say...and what not to say when you are trying to support someone with a chronic pain condition, be it fibromyalgia, back pain, migraines or other illnesses is a challenge. This infographic provides some great advice for doing a better job in the support area. Lyme Disease
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Knowing what to say...and what not to say when you are trying to support someone with a chronic pain condition, be it fibromyalgia, back pain, migraines or other illnesses is a challenge. This infographic provides some great advice for doing a better job in the support area.
PainPathways Magazine
PainPathways Magazine
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When you have a chronic illness and/or are taking certain medications, you may start to develop a symptom known as “brain fog.” Brain fog can affect your cognitive abilities and make it challenging to remember even simple information or communicate effectively with others. To cope with these challenges, people find themselves picking up “habits” or engaging in routine behaviors that help them through the frustrating cognitive impairment brain fog can cause. Here are 33 ideas that can help. Foggy Brain
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When you have a chronic illness and/or are taking certain medications, you may start to develop a symptom known as “brain fog.” Brain fog can affect your cognitive abilities and make it challenging to remember even simple information or communicate effectively with others. To cope with these challenges, people find themselves picking up “habits” or engaging in routine behaviors that help them through the frustrating cognitive impairment brain fog can cause. Here are 33 ideas that can help.
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PainPathways Magazine
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People with chronic pain are significantly more likely to be cigarette smokers than those without chronic pain. Some smokers with chronic pain use smoking as a pain-management strategy. However, smoking is not an effective coping strategy and has been associated with greater pain intensity, more pain interference and more fear of pain. It turns out that quitting smoking may also improve your ability to manage your chronic pain. No Smoking Day, Quit Smoking Tips, Giving Up Smoking, Smoking Ban, Smoking Kills, Bodybuilding Tattoo, Smoking Addiction, Stop Smoke, Smoking Cessation
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People with chronic pain are significantly more likely to be cigarette smokers than those without chronic pain. Some smokers with chronic pain use smoking as a pain-management strategy. However, smoking is not an effective coping strategy and has been associated with greater pain intensity, more pain interference and more fear of pain. It turns out that quitting smoking may also improve your ability to manage your chronic pain.
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Overcome Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - there are natural ways to work on your chronic fatigue syndrome, starting with eliminating food allergies, then increasing vitamin B, increasing potassium and magnesium and finally by incorporating more peace and relaxation into your life. This infographic maps out the basics - and you can come to Dr. Axe's website for more details. Arthritis Hands, Arthritis Remedies, Types Of Arthritis, Health Remedies, Herbal Remedies, Psoriasis Arthritis, Arthritis Symptoms, Holistic Remedies, Tiredness Remedies
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Overcome Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - there are natural ways to work on your chronic fatigue syndrome, starting with eliminating food allergies, then increasing vitamin B, increasing potassium and magnesium and finally by incorporating more peace and relaxation into your life. This infographic maps out the basics - and you can come to Dr. Axe's website for more details.
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PainPathways Magazine
Chronic Pain
Deep brain stimulation (DBS)—used most commonly to treat advanced Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor but also for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), dystonia, pain and, recently, depression—is brain surgery performed while the patient is awake. And it begins with a hole drilled into the patient’s skull.But it’s a lot less terrifying than it sounds. Learn more about this approach and see if it could be right for you. ~ From our Summer 2017 print edition, now online. Relationship Ocd, Relationship Addiction, Parkinsons Disease Treatment, Essential Tremors, Deep Brain Stimulation, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Ocd, Degenerative Disease, Addiction Help, Brain Surgery
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS)—used most commonly to treat advanced Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor but also for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), dystonia, pain and, recently, depression—is brain surgery performed while the patient is awake. And it begins with a hole drilled into the patient’s skull.But it’s a lot less terrifying than it sounds. Learn more about this approach and see if it could be right for you. ~ From our Summer 2017 print edition, now online.
PainPathways Magazine
PainPathways Magazine
Chronic Pain
Chronic Inflammation - Twenty Tips Chronic inflammation may be caused by a handful of diseases and conditions, including: asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis, and more. Environmental and lifestyle factors, such as excess weight, poor diet, stress, and lack of exercise, can also cause chronic inflammation. Try some of these twenty tips to reduce and prevent chronic inflammation and see what works best for YOU. Arthritis Quotes, Arthritis Relief, Natural Cure For Arthritis, Natural Cures, Natural Healing
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Chronic Inflammation - Twenty Tips Chronic inflammation may be caused by a handful of diseases and conditions, including: asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis, and more. Environmental and lifestyle factors, such as excess weight, poor diet, stress, and lack of exercise, can also cause chronic inflammation. Try some of these twenty tips to reduce and prevent chronic inflammation and see what works best for YOU.
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11 Confessions of Living with Chronic Invisible Illnesses - like fibromyalgia, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, adrenal fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, depression, etc. Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Adrenal Fatigue, Chronic Tiredness, Guillain Barre
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11 Confessions of Living with Chronic Invisible Illnesses - like fibromyalgia, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, adrenal fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, depression, etc.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome effects many who already suffer from another chronic pain condition. Dealing with its symptoms and finding ways to combat it is a challenge. This infographic explains the condition and provides some guidance for those looking for way to live well in spite of it. Disease Symptoms
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome effects many who already suffer from another chronic pain condition. Dealing with its symptoms and finding ways to combat it is a challenge. This infographic explains the condition and provides some guidance for those looking for way to live well in spite of it.
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PainPathways Magazine
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Sitting can effect many parts of the body - even ones you didn't think would be effected. This infographic explains where those impact occur and what that could mean to you. Stretching several times during the day, standing more, moving around are all good counters to the downside of sitting. Health Advice, Health Info, Health And Nutrition, Health Benefits, Health Fitness, Men's Fitness, Muscle Fitness, Health Care, Healthy Body
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Sitting can effect many parts of the body - even ones you didn't think would be effected. This infographic explains where those impact occur and what that could mean to you. Stretching several times during the day, standing more, moving around are all good counters to the downside of sitting.
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PainPathways Magazine
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Lifestyle Management with a chronic pain condition or chronic illness - this infographic steps you through some statistics about chronic pain and areas of your lifestyle that you will need to modify and/or monitor. Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Lifestyle Management with a chronic pain condition or chronic illness - this infographic steps you through some statistics about chronic pain and areas of your lifestyle that you will need to modify and/or monitor.
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