Pain and Your Mental Health
This new area features previously run articles on mental health and its relationship to chronic pain.
Click here to review your options regarding your mental health.
The Relationship Between Pain, Depression and Mood: An Interview with Rollin Gallagher, MD, MPH
Dr. Gallagher discusses the relationship between mood and pain, available treatments, and the things persons in pain can do to mitigate their depression.
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Wellness -- Mental Exercises
Dr. Loes discusses how visulization and other mental excercises can help improve your health. Read more about how you can use your mind to reframe your thoughts.
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Spotlight on
Spotlight on Charma Story—Charma's Hierarchy of Needs
In this month's spotlight, Charma Story shares her take on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as it relates to someone with chronic pain. Charma writes, "As a person in chronic pain, my needs are a little different— the first need for me is pain control. If my pain isn't under control, I don't care if I have food, shelter, clothing or anything else." Charma also shares how she's learned to take care of herself first, how to remember her own worth, and what she's learned from pain.
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Making a Difference
In September, we featured a pain patient who encouraged others to write their congressional representatives and make them aware of the problems associated with the workers' compensation system.
Click here to read one representative's response and read more about how you can make a difference too.
My Treatment
Understanding Breakthrough Pain
People with persistent pain also may experience a phenomenon called breakthrough pain. Breakthrough pain differs from persistent pain and must be treated differently. Dr. Jeffrey Gudin offers insight into the nature of breakthrough pain and how to treat it in this article.
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News
New recommendations for treating nerve pain have been released—read more about how physicians are recommending neuropathic pain be treated, plus read the latest news about migraine, back pain, and more.
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My Support
Wellness & Stress
The holiday season can be one of joy, but also one of stress. Dr. Michael Loes explains how stress affects your body and your pain and shares some tips on how to mitigate stress.
Click here to see what you can do to make this holiday season less stressful.
