Chronic Pain

Living With Chronic Pain: A Personal Perspective
Chronic Pain:The Mind-Body Connection
As a person who has suffered chronic pain for years,I'm making this lens in hopes of helping others understand how to cope with it on a daily basis. My first bout with chronic pain was arthritis in my twenties.Two years later,Gallbladder problems which led to surgery and the discovery of cancer in my bile duct and tip of the pancreas. The surgery was successful in removing the cancer,but weeks of radiation and chemotherapy left me weak and sicker than before! I finally started to realize,if I...

Full Body Memory Pillow Pregnancy Pilliow
A comfortable nights sleep with a full body pillow
Find out how I get a great nights sleep with my Back Pain, with my full body pillow, I first got when I had trouble sleeping during pregnancy. Do you find it difficult to get a good nights sleep? Are you tired of being tired...They are many reasons that keep you from having a good nights sleep and being comfortable in your bed. Pain, pregnancy, medication, and just unable to get comfortable are some of the causes of a poor nights sleep. Have you went out and bought an expensive bed, and mattr...

RSD and Chronic Pain
Information for Chronic Pain sufferers and their Families. Do you know what RSD is ?
This lens: is meant to really help you or a loved one avoid suffering needlessly.   Do you suffer from chronic pain? Do you have a family member or friend or know someone who does?  Is the cause clear?   Are you sure? Did You Know that it is estimated that millions of people's pain and symptoms go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed?     In this lense, we will be posting information regarding Chronic pain, with a focus on Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, also known as CRPS Types I & II, Chronic Reg...

Chronic Pain Management
Chronic Pain Management: Relieving Pain...Restoring Life!
Chronic pain patients are often misunderstood and not taken seriously--by health care providers, friends and even family members. The purpose of this lens is to provide resources and education on Chronic Pain Management. The goal is to give Chronic Pain patients a voice and to assist them in receiving the quality care they deserve. Chronic Pain Management is concerned with assisting patients in chronic pain to achieve quality of life, while providing tools to help them deal with pain that nev...

Managing Chronic Pain Without Drugs
How to Manage Pain Without Drugs
Managing chronic pain without drugs is not easy, but it can be achieved. To begin, we need to understand the nature of chronic pain and the different alternatives to drug therapy. First and most important question: is this possible at all? Managing chronic pain without the use of drugs is possible. Drugs here will refer to all prescribed painkillers like the acetaminophen, aspirin-containing drugs or ibuprofen, and opiods NSAIDs, Prostaglandins etc. Medication management of pain is part of t...

How To Manage Chronic Pain Without Using Drugs
When Do You Have Chronic Pain?
Pain is recognized as an unpleasant sensation. It can be described in various ways such as stabbing, burning, aching, throbbing, and gnawing. Pain can hit you like a ton of bricks but usually it goes away. When it doesn't go away and the pain last for more than three months it becomes what is known as chronic pain. Several questions arise with chronic pain management are: What are the causes of chronic pain? How is chronic pain diagnosed? How is chronic pain treated? This growing proble...

Chronic pain (post spinal fusion surgery)
Chronic Pain - The invisible disability
I've suffered from back pain most of my life with a double S curve scoliosis, but it became second nature for me to disassociate from the pain and I never let it slow me down. With the exception of the times I really pushed the limits (like digging my own watergarden!) in fact I'd have to stop and think before realizing the amount of pain I was in...it's hard to describe unless you've done it. Anyway, suddenly in 1999 when I was 43 years old that all changed, and I almost literally woke up on...

How To Manage Chronic Pain If The Pain Doesnt Stop
What Makes Pain Chronic?
Generally it is recognized that pain is chronic, when it last longer than 6 months. It can occur for a variety of reasons. Chronic pain is common in certain conditions including back pain, arthritis, cancer, headaches, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia. The top three chronic pains are: Back pain, neck pain and headache.