Do achy joints plague you during the coldest months? Does it seem like your knees, hips, and ankles feel sore whenever snow is falling? It’s not your imagination! Winter weather—particularly cold—can cause slow, achy joints, making it hard to get moving. If you’re looking for winter joint pain relief, here are eight tips to help... Continue Reading →
September is Pain Awareness Month
Understanding more about the underlying causes of pain can help improve treatments and alleviate suffering Each September, pain specialists and advocates across the country raise awareness about issues related to chronic pain during National Pain Awareness Month. Did you know that chronic pain affects more than 100 million Americans. that's 1/3 of the USA population... Continue Reading →
Living with Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
If you have a low back problem and you've been told you have spondylolisthesis, you should learn all you can about it, and the simple measures you can take to protect your low back health. I have had a back problem since I was 12 when I fell during track practice in jr high school,... Continue Reading →
Not All Pain is Created Equal
Living and coping with chronic pain can be the hardest part of living with a joint disease. It can disrupt every part of our life and many parts of your life can also affect your pain.
Official Proclamation Avascular Necrosis -Osteonecrosis Awareness Day is November 29,2019 and every year after.
Finally Avascular Necrosis-Osteonecrosis has an official awareness date. The date is November 29 I have been working on proclamations for several months and I am in the process of getting the awareness day Nationally recognized as well. I have been advocating for over 5 years on Avascular Necrosis -Osteonecrosis and I am proud and grateful... Continue Reading →
Holiday Traveling With Chronic Pain
If you are preparing for an exciting and fun upcoming Holiday trip it can be a stressful, and living with chronic pain can often feel like added extra baggage to take with you. Whether you are traveling for business, or a get a way, or going to see family or friends over the holiday, or... Continue Reading →
Joint Pain and Our Government
It’s that damn pain that may creep up slowly on you with a dull, discomfort in one or several of your joints. Or it might be like a raging inferno it like a thief in the night, to steal your joy or try to.... the pain comes on suddenly without any warning, bringing on that... Continue Reading →
Chronic Pain
AN ESTIMATED 50 MILLION AMERICANS LIVE WITH CHRONIC PAIN. Hi this week I will be focusing on Chronic pain and various treatments. Chronic pain is a public health crisis with far-reaching consequences for millions of individuals’ well-being, quality of life, productivity, health care costs, and more. Of the 50 million people who live with chronic... Continue Reading →
People With Chronic Pain Are Suffering While Addicts & Junkies Are Being Coddled.
What does it say when heroin and opioid addicts are given better treatment than a person living with chronic pain?! Now please don't go thinking I lack compassion and am being cruel honestly it's not my intention. But I am sick of hearing about the opioid crisis every day, especially when they throw chronic pain... Continue Reading →