This is the sixth and final post in a series exploring the topics covered in the book You Are Not Your Pain*. See You Are Not Your Pain: An Introduction to learn more. Mindfulness-based stress reduction is a secular approach that applies the Buddhist principle of…
Indie Cooper-Guzman, WebMD‘s pain management and migraine expert, has recently started a blog on exactly that. Using her knowledge gained as an RN and a chronic pain sufferer, Indie is devoted to educating health care providers about chronic pain and managing it successfully. Through her…
An article in the current New England Journal of Medicine examines how the DEA‘s influence on medical practices for pain control ultimately harm patients. Although the article focuses on end-of-life pain control, the issues affect people with chronic pain as well. The authors assert, “Uncontrolled…
Pain management certification is a new option available to licensed, registered nurses beginning next month. According to the American Nurses Credentialing Center, pain management nurses must have “…a thorough understanding of the science of pain. [They] are also experts in pain assessment, treatment, side effects…
It’s important to have clinical studies to describe and quantify what it’s like to live with chronic pain, but sometimes I read the news and think, “Well, of course.” Two studies presented at the International Association for the Study of Pain’s 11th World Congress of…