by Lennie Duensing | Dec 23, 2014 | Coping Techniques, Daily Living, Exercise |
I’ve always been a dancer. My ballet training started when I was three, and from there, I went on to modern and jazz. Today, at 66, I’m an avid “barroom” dancer. But there was a time, from my early twenties to mid thirties, when I stopped dancing entirely because I...
by Micke Brown, BSN, RN | Nov 20, 2014 | Coping Techniques, Daily Living |
Feeling Your Best During Holiday Feasting Warning! The Winter Holiday Season is Upon Us: Thanksgiving, Epiphany (Three Kings Day), Koliada, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Jól (Jule Eve), Christmas, Boxing Day, Junkanoo, New Year’s, Handsel Monday, Malanka, to...
by Micke Brown, BSN, RN | Nov 4, 2014 | Coping Techniques |
A few weeks back, I was asked to moderate a phone support group for a kindred consumer pain organization. The topic was pacing. As I finished the introduction of the how’s and why’s, I listened carefully to the participants, all who live with pain and many who have...
by Micke Brown, BSN, RN | Sep 30, 2014 | Coping Techniques, Daily Living |
I find this topic of conversation comes up a lot, especially for those who live with pain. Sleep. Will I find a comfortable position? Will I fall asleep tonight? Will I be able to sleep in my bed or will I resort to the sofa or recliner? Will I stay asleep? Will I...
by Mark Maginn | Aug 26, 2014 | Coping Techniques, Daily Living, Exercise |
This may seem paradoxical. Even though I’ve been disabled for 20 years, I’ve been able to walk for nearly 4 miles most mornings in spite of having extensive spinal surgery 15 years ago. There are mornings when either the pain or the colitis has hold of me and I stay...
by Teresa Shaffer | Jun 13, 2014 | Coping Techniques, Daily Living, Depression |
Living with chronic pain touches every aspect of our lives. We all know how it interferes with everything we do from the time we wake up in the morning until we lay down at night to sleep. So what is one thing that we can do that can help us get a head start to our...