How are you doing with acceptance of your pain and limitations?
I came across a study which evaluated how well people have accepted their chronic illness.  The study designed a questionnaire to test how well people have adapted to their chronic conditions and accepted changes in their lives.

The authors define acceptance as giving up fruitless efforts to control […]

A reader, Maria (of Going Down Swinging:  An RSD Blog), sent in this inspiring link of Carnegie Mellon’s Professor Pausch’s “Last Lecture.”  For those of you who don’t know, this professor has an incurable illness, but continues to inspire students and many others.
Maria writes, “This is one of the best examples of invisible illness and what it entails […]

A recent study in the journal Surgical Neurology recommended that MRI’s be done while the patient is in the position that causes symptoms.  This is helpful advice.  MRI’s are usually done while the patient is lying down.  Lying down takes stress off the spine and changes the positions of spinal structures, sometime making things look normal […]

A reader, Heidi, recently asked about time management and pain.  I invited Jeisea of CRPS-RSD A Better Life to share her thoughts about this topic.

Getting the right balance between doing pain management therapy and family, work or social activities is almost like walking a tightrope for people with chronic pain.  One of the hardest things […]