Tag: chronic pain
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Chronic Pain Anonymous
Read more: Chronic Pain AnonymousAdded to the resources page here, Chronic Pain Anonymous. New and not huge, you’re more likely to find online or phone meetings than one nearby. From the site: How do I know if I may benefit from Chronic Pain Anonymous? If your life is managed around your experience of pain and if you make choices…
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Journaling and Chronic Pain
Read more: Journaling and Chronic PainA new page on the TMS Wiki details various approaches to journaling. They’re up there to help people with chronic pain, but journaling can be a big help to just about anyone. Among the approaches on the page: List Making, Spider Writing, Free Writing, Unsent Letters, and Dialogue. Several workbooks, which’ll help you through the…
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Stopping Pain Without Drugs
Read more: Stopping Pain Without DrugsHere’s a quick interview with Dr. Vijay Vad, author of “Stop Pain.” He suggests exercise for chronic pain. Not quite on the stress illness bandwagon, but in its neighborhood: I have seen a big explosion in chronic back pain and arthritis, and what I realized is that people have very limited self-help options. In the…
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Video Games v. Pain
Read more: Video Games v. PainHeadline: Video Games Help Relieve Pain. “Virtual reality produces a modulating effect that is endogenous, so the analgesic influence is not simply a result of distraction but may also impact how the brain responds to painful stimuli,” said Jeffrey I. Gold, Ph.D. But what if the pain was distraction in the first place…?
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Stress Illness Symptoms
Read more: Stress Illness SymptomsSometimes chronic pain and illness, wrestled with over months and years, are finally found to be rooted in stress and tension. For some, just considering that idea can help bring relief. Here’s Dr. David Clarke’s list of common stress-related symptoms, taken from his book, They Can’t Find Anything Wrong!: 7 Keys to Understanding, Treating, and…