Living with chronic pain.
September is Pain Awareness Month
SMART Goals for 2024
What are SMART goals? The SMART in SMART goals stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound. Reflecting on 2023 and setting goals for 2024 is an empowering journey. SMART goals offer a structured approach for individuals managing chronic conditions like arthritis. By focusing on faith, food, fitness, and self-care, we need to aim for... Continue Reading →
Making the Most of Your Doctor’s Waiting Room Experience
Good morning today I would like to touch base on a topic that we all can relate to: Tge waiting game at our doctors appointment. Living with chronic health conditions often means spending a significant amount of time in doctor's waiting rooms. The frustration of waiting for hours to have a brief 10-minute conversation with... Continue Reading →
Working From Home Challenges
As someone who lives with chronic pain, I know how frustrating and debilitating it can be. I recently went back to work and my joint pain has increased tenfold. It feels like there's a tourniquet wrapped around my leg, cutting off circulation to the leg with osteonecrosis. This makes it difficult to move around and... Continue Reading →
New Year Resolution- Ease Joint Pain
The start of the year is a great time to set your health goals for the year ahead. If you have arthritis, your daily life can be impacted by the pain, swelling, and discomfort in your joints that often results from this condition. However, it’s important to be proactive and take steps to ensure that... Continue Reading →
Surviving the Holiday’s with Arthritis & Chronic Joint Pain
It's the most wonderful time of the yearWith the kids jingle belling🎄🔔And everyone telling you be of good cheerIt's the most wonderful time of the year 🎶 Ahhh the holidays can bring a lot of extra stress for anyone. Family and family visiting, extra cooking, cleaning, shopping, gift wrapping, putting up decorations, making sure the... Continue Reading →
Happy Holidays? Managing Our Chronic Pain During The Holidays
The holiday season can be a time of joy and love, but for people with chronic pain during the holidays it can be a time of joy, happiness and also stress, anxiety, sadness, depression, frustration, and increased pain. Pacing, and Delegating: There is often too much to do over the holidays, but how much do... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year
Being an advocate for bone and joint pain and personally living with osteoarthritis osteonecrosis and spondylolisthesis pain . I saw our community struggle in new and ways besides living and dealing with daily pain. People suddenly couldn’t access routine care because of lockdowns, fear and added anxiety. They became more isolated than ever before. They... Continue Reading →
Joint Purpose 
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