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!
Last week we looked at guided imagery which helps reduce pain through suggestion and images.  An image is paired with your pain, and by reducing, decreasing or changing the image in some way, your [...]

Welcome to March’s Pain Carnival…  the best articles of the month.  Enjoy!

Chronic Illness Pain Support lists 10 Unreasonable Behaviors Your Doctor Shouldn’t Have.  Do you see any you put up with?
Pain Health News looks at how the economy is affecting patients with pain.
Andrea’s Buzzing About explores unusual sleep symptoms.
This article shares information about TENS units and how they can [...]

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!
So far we’ve looked at relaxation skills – breathing, relaxation and visualization – that work to decrease pain indirectly through relaxation.  Guided imagery – while still a relaxation skill – is a bit different.
Guided imagery [...]

Today’s the last day to send in your submissions for our March Pain-Blog Carnival.
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For the next several Fridays, I’d like to share some relaxation videos from YouTube.  I hope you try and enjoy them!
Today’s video is from Yogatic.

Health care providers – Register for the RSDSA Annual conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, March 28.  “New Perspectives on CRPS: Research, Diagnosis and Treatment“
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A colleague Al Lee recently sent me a copy of his new book Perfect Breathing.  What a great book!

When I heard that Perfect Breathing was coming out, I wondered [...]

Health care providers – Register for the RSDSA Annual conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, March 28.  “New Perspectives on CRPS: Research, Diagnosis and Treatment“
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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!
Many readers have been participating in [...]

Health care providers – Register for the RSDSA Annual conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, March 28.  “New Perspectives on CRPS: Research, Diagnosis and Treatment“
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For the next several Fridays, I’d like to share some relaxation videos from YouTube.  I hope you try and enjoy them!

Today’s video is from Stylist Brighton.

Health care providers – Register for the RSDSA Annual conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, March 28.  “New Perspectives on CRPS: Research, Diagnosis and Treatment“
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Yes, computers are a pain in the neck, in more ways than 1.  We know we get frustrated when they crash, gobble up – but don’t save – our [...]

Health care providers – Register for the RSDSA Annual conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, March 28.  “New Perspectives on CRPS: Research, Diagnosis and Treatment“
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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!
Many readers have been participating in [...]

Health care providers – Register for the RSDSA Annual conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, March 28.  “New Perspectives on CRPS: Research, Diagnosis and Treatment“
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A reader Barbara left a comment on a recent post, Yes, Pain is in Your Brain, that I thought was really important.  The post was about new treatments such [...]