Many people don’t realize that skin complains can cause both distress and pain. This pain isn’t limited to the pain of inflammation or irritation but also includes the psychological pain that comes from feeling not quite right. Did you know…
A recent article in NPR, called For Chronic Pain, A Change In Habits Can Beat Opioids For Relief offers some interesting insights when it comes to managing your own pain. The gist of it is this: opioids are not delivering…
I’ve been focusing on arthritis this month and that’s because it matters to me. It would never have occurred to me just how much a joint can hurt until I was diagnosed with an arthritic knee. I knew it was…
It’s not so long ago that even asking this question would have felt like breaking the law, right? Yet, Milton from Detroit wants to know, and he put it in writing to us in an e-mail. We hear you Milton,…
I used to be in pain all the time. I was out of shape. I was unhealthy. I took painkillers, but I cried when they didn’t work. I made my family and my employees uncomfortable when I became irritable. Then…
Hey! Don’t get angry. We know it’s really not fun when somebody says, “it’s all in your mind!” However, it’s perfectly OK for a chronic pain sufferer to wonder, as Richard in New Jersey does, whether their pain is all…