by Maggie Buckley | Mar 15, 2019 | Daily Living, Exercise |
It happened again. So I stood and focused my weight onto my feet. Still, it won’t stop. So, I walk. Sometimes it happens overnight and I am catapulted out of bed, out of sleep, not waking until I’m standing with my knees slightly bent, leaning on the wall, catching my...
by paincomm | Feb 22, 2019 | Daily Living |
by Stephanie Stern, LCSW Communication is so important, but communicating your level of pain is not always an easy thing to do. Pain is invisible and only you know how you’re feeling. Some people are naturally good at expressing their emotions and open to talking...
by paincomm | Feb 12, 2019 | Daily Living |
by Stephanie Stern, LCSW Pain is such an important topic and one that’s not often talked about enough. Pain is very individual and, in many cases, kept quiet. There are lots of reasons why people do not openly talk about their pain with their healthcare team and/or...
by paincomm | Jan 3, 2019 | Daily Living |
I know many of you will disagree with these words, and that’s okay. We each have to find our own way through this journey of chronic pain and illness. However, I do want to share a little bit of knowledge that I have learned on this long, 27-year journey of...
by paincomm | Dec 28, 2018 | Daily Living |
by Alicia DiGiammarino When I was still in middle school, I began coming up with creative ways to tell my mom I loved her. “I love you like Shakespeare loved to write!”, I would exclaim, partly just to hold her in the door frame a second longer before I was left...
by paincomm | Dec 12, 2018 | Caregivers, Daily Living |
Life takes us all on a journey, it twists and turns and you end up in places you never expected. Pain is not just physical but it is also psychological and impacts everything we see, do, feel and experience. Being a healthcare provider does not protect one from...
