AN ESTIMATED 50 MILLION AMERICANS LIVE WITH CHRONIC PAIN. Hi this week I will be focusing on Chronic pain and various treatments. Chronic pain is a public health crisis with far-reaching consequences for millions of individuals’ well-being, quality of life, productivity, health care costs, and more. Of the 50 million people who live with chronic... Continue Reading →
I have had OA for over 15 years and its painful. Its limiting and when you have it in your 40s it really sucks. Fast forward I am 56 and I am still learning how to cope with my pain associated with OA . Writing about living with osteoarthritis and osteonecrosis as well as... Continue Reading →
I’ve heard a lot about Bombogenesis, it’s a popular term used by meteorologists, occurs when a midlatitude cyclone rapidly intensifies, dropping at least 24 millibars over 24 hours. A millibar measures atmospheric pressure. Remember your great-aunt used to to say she “feels” a storm coming on, she was probably predicting the weather with some accuracy.... Continue Reading →
Part 3 of 4 What is pain?Pain occurs when something hurts, causing an uncomfortable or unpleasant feeling. The presence of pain often means that something is wrong. Each individual is the best judge of his or her own pain. Chronic or acute inflammation These are the two types of inflammation that differ in how... Continue Reading →
part 2 of 4 When you have a fire that starts on your stove you might run to grab a fire extinguisher, or try to toss a lid on fire to try and smother it or turn your gas knob off to the stove you sure as hell wouldn’t crank the heat higher or pour... Continue Reading →
Part 1 of 4 When you are in pain, what you eat can have a huge impact on how you feel and your health period. If you don’t get the proper vitamins to heal, you can prolong the pain that you are in. In addition, certain foods can help fight inflammation, while other foods... Continue Reading →
So it’s a New Year : Happy 2019 I stopped making resolutions and I now aim for New Years goals Why goals? That’s pretty simple – because goals are more specific, whereas resolutions tend to be vague. Goals are much more actionable, which is what makes them more effective for me. How can you turn... Continue Reading →
Holidays I love them and kind of dread them. My family is in a different state so it gets more lonely. I miss seeing them open their gifts, I also miss cooking for a crowd. But I have chronic bone pain from Osteonecrosis,Osteoarthritis, Spondylolisthesis and Hashimoto. And I know that holidays can be so overwhelming... Continue Reading →
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