The Mind-Body Connection: Reducing Chronic Pain
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,...Veteran helps service members and veterans ease pain through yoga
Published by The Fort hood Herald Being flexible enough to touch your toes isn’t the point of yoga, and Lisa Kelly wants everyone to know it’s OK if you can’t. She can’t do that, either, and she owns a yoga studio. When she first opened up Live and Let Liv Yoga at...Phantom Limb Pain Managed Effectively By Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Published by Anesthesiology News Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) significantly reduced phantom limb pain in patients who had lost limbs to land mine explosions for up to 15 days, according to a study in the Journal of Pain (2016 ;17:911-918)....Long-Term Opioid Use Could Depend on the Doctor Who First Prescribed It
Published by the New York Times Some emergency room doctors are far more likely than others even within their own department to prescribe opioids to treat pain in older people, and their patients are at greater risk of using the powerful drugs chronically than those...Practice Management Improvements for Chronic Pain
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...Connect
