It’s a significant challenge to deal with a lasting illness.  You might not feel well, some or even most of the time.  There’s uncertainty about treatments and the prognosis.  You might not be able to participate in the activities you once enjoyed.
Yet sometimes the hardest part of chronic illness is its effect on your family, [...]

This is a submission from Rosemary from our December contests.
Let me start this with some background on myself.  I have RSD (a neurological disease with severe pain  ~HtCwP) in my lower left leg and foot, and in my right foot.  I was diagnosed in March 2009 – after a couple of months of docs trying [...]

So, how are you doing with your new habit?  If you chose practicing pain managements skills regularly, how are you doing with that?
Sharing how you’re doing and getting feedback can be very helpful to make progress with your new habit.  Today and next Monday, we’ll look at how readers are doing with changing their habits.
RP writes:
Well, I deal [...]

Can I use you as an example of learning a new habit?  Let me know how your new habit is going here.
On Wednesday, we wrote about research showing that music helps in pain relief.  Today, you can try this for yourself.  Here’s a 3 minute video – does it provide you a bit of pain relief?

Thanks to Killereysa [...]

Can I use you as an example of learning a new habit?  Let me know how your new habit is going here.
Patients with significant burns suffer from pain as a result of tissue damage, as well as subsequent treatment such as bandage changes, physical therapy and skin graft surgeries.  A recent study looked to see if music helps decrease [...]

Can I use you as an example of learning a new habit?  Let me know how your new habit is going here.
Each Monday this series of articles will feature pain management techniques to help you decrease and cope with pain.  It’s your at-home pain management class!
Today’s exercise is visualization.  Visualization is simply using a picture or image to help [...]

Here’s a quick story that those of you with pelvic pain might get a kick out of…
I was walking to work last week and passed a home that had a “for sale” sign out front.  The realtor was Prudential, but guess how I read it?
Pudendal.  (That’s a nerve that goes through the pelvic region that can [...]

Let me know how your new habit is going here.
Welcome to the February Pain-Blog Carnival, a selection of great writing related to pain from this past month.  I hope you enjoy the selections!

Two new blogs to share…
Stress Relief Workshop has loads of tips on stress relief.
The Health Matters Show offers podcasts about health topics, especially related to [...]

Let me know how your new habit is going here.
Each Monday this series of articles will feature pain management techniques to help you decrease and cope with pain.  It’s your at-home pain management class!
In this series, we’ve been looking at using pain management skills regularly.  Some of you may be doing great – practicing pain management techniques daily [...]

Let me know how your new habit is going here.
One of the challenges when you have chronic pain is to keep doing things.  Often you have to modify activities, or find new ones, but the important point is to keep active.
But what if you’re in a wheelchair?

Yes, even then!
Zibin Guo, PhD, presented a demonstration of t’ai chi [...]