Describing Your Pain

Being able to properly describe your pain is just as important as taking the initiative to make an appointment with a pain management specialist. If you’re unable to communicate the type of pain and location where it occurs to the physician, then chances are the doctor will not be able to make the correct diagnosis.…

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The Benefits of Qi Gong

Gentle, restorative, rehabilitative exercise under the approval and guidance of a qualified healthcare professional is commonly known to both relieve and prevent pain, disease, and injury. A modality of mindful posture and graceful movement coordinated with breath is a fundamental component of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and is classically referred to as “qi gong”. The name…

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Pain – Is it Subjective?

I was at my friend’s house last weekend, listening to a story about a recent trip to the mall. As she describes, she and her husband were waiting in a check out line when a shopper got upset about a return that wasn’t going through. As she was tell the story, her husband began to…

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