Telehealth: Bringing Medical Care Right to Your Home

Telehealth: Bringing Medical Care Right to Your Home

Telehealth

I grew up in rural America. Every week or two, we went to town with a long list of errands that needed to be accomplished. A trip to the grocery store was always on the list, a stop at Sears and the fabric store and occasionally a doctor’s appointment. In winter, we...
Telerehabilitation During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Telerehabilitation During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Telehealth

The uncertainty and anxiety of the past view weeks has been difficult for all of us. Injured workers waiting for treatment so they can return to work are especially feeling that angst. As such, telehealth is quickly becoming a well-loved solution for providing access...
How to Ease Joint Pain

How to Ease Joint Pain

Chronic pain

Osteoarthritis and Joint Pain Our joints take a lot of abuse over the years. That is one of the reasons why up to half of Americans over age 65 have osteoarthritis (OA). Osteoarthritis occurs when the protective cartilage on the end of bones wears down, causing pain...

Tai Chi: Long Term Pain Relief for Back Pain

Chronic pain

Tai Chi for Lower Back Pain Relief In a recent review published in the journal Holistic Nursing Practice, researchers looked at 32 peer-reviewed studies on movement-based interventions on lower back pain specifically, with results ranging from pain reduction to...

Chronic Pain as an Expression of Grief

Chronic pain

As America grows older, we all are suffering from some sort of chronic pain. It could be your arthritis flaring up to back pain. Approximately more than 1.5 billion people worldwide suffer from chronic pain, per data revealed by the American Academy of Pain Medicine....

Medicare Now Covers Acupuncture for Lower Back Pain

News

GOOD NEWS! Medicare will now cover acupuncture for low back pain.   While a small number of adults 65 years of age and older have been enrolled in published acupuncture studies, patients with chronic low back pain in these studies have shown improvements in function...

Does Anxiety cause Chronic Pain?

Chronic pain, Mindfulness

Dr. Griffin Baum MD, a spine surgery from New York reports “Patients with anxiety typically report increased sensations of pain with more profound experiences of suffering and disability due to the pain…Anxiety arises from an imbalance of neurotransmitters in the...

Self-Care for Individuals with Chronic Pain

Chronic pain

When I hear the works “self-care” I immediately think of a massage, facial or pedicure…oh and going out to dinner so I don’t have to cook! But for many who deal with chronic pain, self-care is an absolute necessity that goes beyond. “Treating yourself” is not a form...

Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome

Chronic pain, News

When the Pain is too much… You may be feeling hopeless this time of year because your pain is overwhelming.  You may think that it is too much and consider ending your life, to end the pain. I met a woman recently who told me she just wanted “…the insanity-inducing,...