by PAINS Project | Mar 1, 2017 | Living with Pain, News, Treatment Options |
Published by The Huffington Post Researchers at the National Institutes of Health say that 50 per cent of older adults who live independently, and 75-85 per cent of those in assisted living facilities, have chronic pain. Chronic pain can affect our sleep, appetite,...
by PAINS Project | Feb 20, 2017 | Living with Pain, News |
By Suzanne Stewart – Published by National Pain Report People ask me sometimes “how can you do this? How do you do that with systemic/full body CRPS and several other high pain illnesses? How can you go here & there when you’re in pain & you don’t feel...
by PAINS Project | Feb 15, 2017 | Living with Pain, News, Pain Education, Treatment Options |
Published by Psychiatry Advisor The Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals was recently published by the Partners for Understanding Pain, a partnership initiated by the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA).1 This document aims to provide healthcare practitioners...
by PAINS Project | Feb 14, 2017 | Living with Pain, News |
Published by Huffington Post Getting Intimate with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) Let’s not hold back on this. You’ve got Spondyloarthritis and your back and joints hurt, a lot. You’ve lost some flexibility and simply can’t get into the positions...
by PAINS Project | Feb 10, 2017 | Living with Pain, News |
Published in Pulse The patient, age forty-nine, complained of abdominal pain. She was taking both slow- and fast-acting oxycodone to manage the pain, and she also took antidepressants and a sleeping aid. She’d come to the hospital several times in the past year,...
by PAINS Project | Feb 10, 2017 | Living with Pain, News, Pain Education |
Published by PR Web Elizabeth Landsverk, MD, with ElderConsult Geriatric Medicine Provides Guidance for Patients and Families Older adults are more likely to experience pain than the general population but they may be less likely to be treated for it. The most common...
