Living With Chronic Pain: A Personal Perspective
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Chronic Pain:The Mind-Body Connection
As a person who has suffered chronic pain for years,I'm making this lens in hopes of helping others understand how to cope with it on a daily basis.
My first bout with chronic pain was arthritis in my twenties.Two years later,Gallbladder problems which led to surgery and the discovery of cancer in my bile duct and tip of the pancreas. The surgery was successful in removing the cancer,but weeks of radiation and chemotherapy left me weak and sicker than before! I finally started to realize,if I was going to beat this,I needed a positive frame of mind,and methods for healing I had not tried before.
Many people do not understand the importance of the mind-body connection,it is powerful! There are many natural alternative methods to traditional medicine available to help chronic pain sufferers.
I have found Acupressure,Meditation,Yoga,Hypnotism,Aromatherapy and a positive outlook to be very helpful. Negativity is your worst enemy in this battle!
I encourage you to take an active role in your own healing!
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Prayer And Support
Another important factor in your healing is prayer. The power of prayer is awesome! Also,you need support of others who have been where you are and can offer advice and a sympathetic ear.
No one can manage this totally alone,and you don't have to.
I offer all of you who are suffering chronic pain my prayers, and a sympathetic ear should you need one.
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Useful Links
- Natural Help For Chronic Back And Neck Pain
- Discover The Easiest,Natural Cure For Back & Neck Pain
- Chronic Pain Haven
- Complementary & Alternative Treatment For Chronic Pain.
- Chronic Pain Help Directory
- This Is The Home Directory For The Complete Chronic Pain Condition Organization.
- Chronic Pain Help
- Our Continuing Mission To Help Understand Pain
And To Help Those Afflicted With Chronic Pain. - Fast ,Natural Pain Relief
- An Alternative Approach To Treating Neck And Back Pain
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Pain Specialist And Immediate Relief From Chronic Pain Without Drugs
Light Therapy Has Been Used To Treat Pain
Online Support Groups For Chronic Pain
- Daily Strength
- This is a great website with support for chronic pain and other illnesses.
- Pain Connection
- Helping people with chronic pain and their families
- Pain Recovery Online
- An online resource for patients, physicians, and caregivers of chronic pain patients.
- National Pain Foundation
- Helping people live with pain
- Health Central Chronic Pain Connection
- Need someone to talk to-someone who understands what it's like to deal with chronic pain? Joining a support group could be just the ticket to finding the people who understand what you're experiencing.
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Living with Chronic Pain (Home Use)
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60 Minutes - Prisoner of Pain (February 26, 2006)
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Healing Yoga for Aches and Pains
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Angina: New Ways to Treat Chronic Chest Pain (Educational Use)
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Angina: New Ways to Treat Chronic Chest Pain (Home Use)
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News
- Long-Term Opioid Use Questioned for Chronic Pain
- But that changed in 1996, when the American Academy of Pain Medicine and the American Pain Society -- organizations that get substantial funding from drug companies -- issued a joint statement endorsing the use of opioids to treat chronic pain and ...
- Pain Pills Add Cost and Delays to Job Injuries
- There is little question that strong pain medications can help some patients return to work and remain productive. But injured workers who are put on high doses of the drugs can develop chronic pain and face years of difficult treatments.
- Des Moines pain clinic will close June 29
- Hundreds of patients with chronic pain are seeking new doctors after Iowa Health-Des Moines announced it will shutter its pain clinic. The health system has notified about 1800 patients that its pain clinic near Iowa Lutheran Hospital will close June ...
- Narcotics use for chronic pain soars among seniors
- Patricia, 71, was taking powerful narcotics to deal with chronic pain from a hysterectomy that didn't go as planned. The drugs made her confused and disoriented. She napped frequently, and her memory faded. She started falling around their Muskego home ...
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- Hello again Mary, I just stopped by to pin your lens at Pinterest.. Have a good week!
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- Lots of good resources here. Thanks!
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- Hi Mary, I was just stopping by to see your updates! I hope you are well. Pay me another visit and see my updated videos and articles on my lens about Nopal Cactus Juice I appreciate you!
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- I have heard that a combination of aerobic exercise and meditation is very good for building up your pain tolerance.
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Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been proven effective at managing various chronic pain conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, chronic back pain, and tension/migraine headache. The CBT treatment engages patients in an active coping process aimed at changing maladaptive thoughts and behaviors that can serve to maintain and exacerbate the experience of chronic pain.
Concepts and Visualization Techniques for Chronic Pain Therapy, DVD
Concepts and Visualization Techniques for Chronic Pain, DVD
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Learn to practice Guided Imagery Visualization Therapy for pain management. Our medically based programs offer you learning tools for managing pain at an affordable cost. Reports show that half of patients surveyed felt their pain wasn't being controlled by their treatment. 40% of patients change doctors at least three times, reporting the reasons to be inadequate pain relief. These Pain Recovery programs (developed by Dr. Hawkins PhD clinical psychologist) successfully help patients to reduce or eliminate their pain.
