Chronic pain is very different from acute pain and requires substantially different treatment. Chronic pain is influenced by a variety of physical, psychosocial and environmental factors. The cause of stable, chronic pain is less important than what is done to manage...
During your daily routine, you may begin to notice acute back or neck pain. Is this just a reality you have to accept, or is there something you can do about back and neck pain? Neck and back pain are certainly common symptoms and pervasive. In 2018 alone, 18% of...
Music has the power to move us. Envelope us in a hug of auditory warmth that can transport us far from where we are and from whatever we’re feeling, both emotionally and physically. Whether you’d call yourself a music buff or not, there are certain songs that each of...
Chronic pain is an unfortunate reality that affects all too many people, and finding respite and reprieve from it as quickly as possible is often the name of the game. Quite frankly, it’s understandable. Who wants to wait for relief? Therein lies the rub. While pain...
You can’t see pain. You can’t touch it. Most frustratingly you can’t easily explain chronic pain. But you can feel it. That’s the thing, no matter what happens and no matter how little it’s understood by those closest to you, the pain itself doesn’t go away. This...
Living in the Pacific NW is great. As one of the most beautiful areas in the United States or maybe even, the world, we are surrounded by snow-covered mountains, Puget Sound, Lake Washington, Lake Union and everything is green. When my cousin comes to visit, he always...
