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Types of Fibromyalgia Pain

CureMyWife.com — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:42:27 +0000

You’ve heard that fibromyalgia is painful, but what are the types of fibromyalgia pain? People who suffer from fibromyalgia and have experienced the pain know that there are actually several different types of fibromyalgia pain.

According to the medical community, there are only a few of the types of fibromyalgia pain that have an actual [...]

Living with Chronic Illness and Pain is like Having a Baby

CureMyWife.com — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:57:17 +0000

Those of us who have been blessed enough to have children know the complete joy that one has for them. The unbridled love we have for these crazy offspring seems to defy logic to the point that we would actually throw ourselves in front of a herd of stampeding water buffalo to protect them. The [...]

Chronic pain and illness don’t go on Christmas vacation

CureMyWife.com — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:32:15 +0000

Many of us at this time of year are getting excited for the pending Christmas season. It’s almost upon us and we’re looking forward to spending time with family, relaxing and sleeping in and breathing a big sigh of relief for at least a few days of freedom from our daily pressures.

Living with invisible [...]

Coping with someone who has invisible chronic illness

CureMyWife.com — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:23:59 +0000

Have you ever thought to yourself how you cope with things? Have you wondered how events, either good or bad, affect your outlook and subsequent quality of life? Do you ever think of how your body, mind and soul is shaped through crises in your life?

For the past 14.5 years, I’ve experienced the incredible [...]

Food and Inflammation: is your diet keeping you in pain?

CureMyWife.com — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:25:25 +0000

Is your diet and the food you are eating keeping you in pain? Are you always feeling horrible and simply can’t figure out why? Are you constantly easting fast food and can’t get out of the vicious cycle? When you hear the word inflammation, it’s likely to bring to your mind thoughts of painful joints [...]

Dealing With People Who Don’t Understand Fibromyalgia

CureMyWife.com — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:55:27 +0000

People who suffer from fibromyalgia know it is all too real, so how do you go about dealing with people who don’t believe in or understand fibromyalgia? Although the awareness of fibromyalgia and other autoimmune disorders is spreading and more research is being done every year, fibromyalgia is yet still considered a somewhat ambiguous condition [...]

Understanding Chronic Pain: A Doctor Talks to His Patients

CureMyWife.com — Thu, 05 May 2011 10:47:03 +0000

Understanding Chronic Pain is a personal narrative, a record of Dr. Cochran’s passage among victims of chronic pain and the discoveries that came from those encounters. Dr. Cochran speaks to physicians, nurses, therapists, and caregivers, but mostly, he speaks to and writes for those who suffer from the disease of chronic pain. This book offers a series of essays about people who suffer chronic pain. From their case histories, the author derives certain conclusions. Not all of them apply to all patients, but some certainly will. His wish, he says, is that the book will help chronic pain sufferers gain greater understanding of their illness—for only in understanding can it be conquered.

The Mindfulness Solution to Pain: Step-by-Step Techniques for Chronic Pain Managment

CureMyWife.com — Sun, 01 May 2011 11:28:25 +0000

Your mood, thoughts, and emotions can affect your perception of pain and even your ability to heal. In fact, your past life experiences influence your current physical challenges: “your biography influences your biology.” While treatments like medication and physical therapy can be enormously beneficial to the body, to maximize pain relief, it’s necessary to take advantage of the mind’s healing abilities. This book offers a revolutionary new treatment approach, mindfulness-based chronic pain management, that helps you harness your mind’s power to quiet your pain and put you in control.Mindfulness practice, which includes stationary meditations, movement meditations, mindful art, and other strategies, will help you: Understand how emotions and thoughts affect physical symptoms Reverse the debilitating effects of some chronic pain conditions Prevent pain from becoming chronic or long-term Lift the anxiety and depression that may accompany chronic pain

Take Charge of Your Chronic Pain: The Latest Research, Cutting-Edge Tools, and Alternative Treatments for Feeling Better

CureMyWife.com — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:33:07 +0000

With more than twelve years’ experience treating its sufferers and seeing the nation’s health-care system come up short, Dr. Peter Abaci developed innovative treatments that have helped thousands better their lives in dramatic waystechniques he now offers in this book for the first time.

20 Things Not to Say to a Person with Chronic Illness and Pain

CureMyWife.com — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:24:12 +0000

People always have good intentions when they think that what they are saying to a person with a chronic illness is helpful and uplifting. That is not always the case. I know that people have the best intentions, but if they actually took a second to hear what they are saying, they may retract those [...]