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Blog Articles
Lying Down on the Job and the Importance of Storytelling
With every chronic pain diagnosis comes a story. For some, it reads like a mystery novel—the patient races against...
Rate It to Regain It: A Naming Trick for Navigating Chronic Pain and Emotions
When you live with chronic pain or illness, coping isn’t just a strategy—it’s a survival skill. Whether you’re flaring...
Life after vaccination
By: Ellen Lenox Smith As my husband and I get closer to receiving our second of our two-dose COVID-19 vaccination, we...
Let’s reconsider how we evaluate nontraditional therapies
By: Malcolm Herman The National Institutes of Health is comprised of 27 institutes, all of which deal with specific...
Service dog separations
By: Ellen Lenox Smith We were recently enjoying watching the new show “Transplant” when in one scene, my heart sank...
Support groups and feeling understood
By: Mary Beth Lewis As a person with chronic pain, it’s hard to find other people who understand my life. My daily...
The athlete
By: Sheila Borgman The rollerblades were not to blame. It’s true they played a key role in my injury, but it was...
10 best apps for people with chronic pain
By: Janet Jay There is an incredible range of options available when it comes to phone or tablet apps that can help...
Six emotions that drive chronic pain
By: Cindy Dawson Pain is meant to protect us by alerting us to make necessary adjustments to alleviate or tend to a...
Have you been judged, too? Can we forgive?
By: Ellen Lenox Smith So many coping with an invisible chronic condition not only have to face how to adjust to pain...
The caregiving conundrum: Who is a caregiver?
By: Malcolm Herman One day I’ll write the definitive best-selling book about caregiving (yes, another one!) full of...