This World Sickle Cell Day (observed every year on June 19), find new stories and resources about sickle cell disease! So many people I have met that have sickle cell disease also have Osteonecrosis aka Avascular Necrosis. Sickle Cell is an inherited blood disorder that causes “sickle” shaped red blood cells that can stick together,... Continue Reading →
Family Health & Fitness Day will be held on June 12, 2021! Celebrated the second Saturday in June each year, this special day promotes the importance of staying fit and getting outside the entire family!! The day promotes family involvement in physical activity When families strive to be healthy together, the success rate increases. Get... Continue Reading →
This is a really good app, it’s new released by the arthritis foundation just a couple weeks ago. It’s a great way to connect with others that understand what it’s like to live with pain. It provides tips to help ease the stress and anxiety that come with chronic pain. Discusses various treatments from diet... Continue Reading →
If you have a low back problem and you've been told you have spondylolisthesis, you should learn all you can about it, and the simple measures you can take to protect your low back health. I have had a back problem since I was 12 when I fell during track practice in jr high school,... Continue Reading →
Back in August 2020 I was taken by ambulance to the ER m, because I had such a sudden, out of the blue pain in my back,side, and right chest area it caused me to start to hyperventilate and I was so afraid. How I I be sitting laughing at a movie and then bam... Continue Reading →
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 →
Today is a special day for me , it’s the second annual Avascular Necrosis Osteonecrosis Awareness Day. The am still working hard to get every state to work with the others so we all have one date to raise awareness and bring recognition to the painful disease called Osteonecrosis which goes by several others names.... Continue Reading →
Vote Can you imagine how empowered our female ancestors felt in 1920? Finally given the right to vote after fighting before it for so long. I know the I feeling I get when I vote whether it’s a major or minor election. The sense of pride and empowerment and yet humbled that my voice ,... Continue Reading →
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