One way of using a biopsychosocial framework in pain management – v
Theories are an important part of scientific development. Theories are essentially a collection of propositions or hypotheses that build a picture of what is in order to predict or control or somehow explain what’s going on. The extent to which a theory’s predictions represent what actually happens, given a set of circumstances, allows us to place more or less faith in the adequacy (or perhaps accuracy) of that theory. The problem with social theory is that there are so many complex interactions between variables that it’s very hard to generate hypotheses that represent what actually goes on in the world ...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - February 11, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Pain conditions Professional topics Research biopsychosocial disability healthcare pain management values Source Type: blogs
Overloaded with Instructions
I get it. I have a lot of ailments so I am in a lot of groups and follow a lot of organizations for their health tips. So I get lots of email. Tons of email to be precise. Some of it gets the delete button right away - especially if the subject line doesn ' t tell me anything.But then Iread glance at a lot of them before deleting. But often they provide suggestions or instructions how to be healthier for whichever ailment. But now I am overloaded with instructions/suggestions this week:No more asparagus for me because itcan lead to breast cancer spread. I like asparagus. Damn.Exercise can reducebreast cancer recurrence. I ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 8, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer confusion fibromyalgia instructions rheumatoid arthritis Source Type: blogs
Because Of Your Medical History....
Once you get cancer or any other ' nasty ' medical ailment, this little phrase follows you for the rest of your life ' because of your medical history... ' . If you have this phrase following you around, you are lucky when you are not sent for more tests or additional follow appointments start filling your calendar.As a child I was not the one (sister) who had ear infections non-stop or the one (brother) that went running around into and over and under things resulting into many minor injuries requiring stitches, etc. I was the reasonably healthy one, except for a few colds here and there.Boom, at age 19, I was diagnosed w...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 5, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: aggravation being a patient medical history Source Type: blogs
How to Ditch Perfectionism
I was sitting in a coffee shop with my friend, watching her scroll through Facebook. “I don’t want to deal with another summer. I can’t handle the bikini selfies.”
Summer is still several months away, but I understand the sentiment. On Facebook, everyone seems perfect. Even the photographs themselves are perfectly lit with photo editing software or phone apps that let you clear blemishes or play with exposure. Whether my friend and I are uncomfortable because of seemingly unattainable ‘yoga bodies’ or because destination weddings are a trend, perfection seems not only achievable, but expected.
Being a perfect...
Source: World of Psychology - February 2, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rebecca Lee Tags: Anxiety and Panic Habits Happiness Mindfulness Motivation and Inspiration Perfectionism Personal Personality Ambition Organization Self Consciousness Worry Source Type: blogs
The Opioid Crisis – In Your Cupboard
The opioid epidemic of the last 20 years has served to illustrate the powerful addictive properties of anything that binds to opioid receptors of the human brain. Lives are ruined by opioid addiction, more than 100 deaths now occurring every day from overdose as people either take more and more to overcome the partial tolerance or new potent drugs like fentanyl make their way into street versions. Drugs such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and fentanyl bind to the brain’s opioid receptors provoking a “high” while causing the user to desire more opioids as partial tolerance develops. And make no mistake: Much o...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 30, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle addiction addictive eating disorder opiates opioids undoctored Source Type: blogs
Medical marijuana
There are few subjects that can stir up stronger emotions among doctors, scientists, researchers, policy makers, and the public than medical marijuana. Is it safe? Should it be legal? Decriminalized? Has its effectiveness been proven? What conditions is it useful for? Is it addictive? How do we keep it out of the hands of teenagers? Is it really the “wonder drug” that people claim it is? Is medical marijuana just a ploy to legalize marijuana in general?
These are just a few of the excellent questions around this subject, questions that I am going to studiously avoid so we can focus on two specific areas: why do patient...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Peter Grinspoon, MD Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Drugs and Supplements Health Pain Management Source Type: blogs
Until I Drop
Every day that I go out the door (which is not everyday), I go until I drop or that is what it feels like.Yesterday is an example: three doctor appointments at two different places 45 minutes apart, two stops at stores, one stop at my parents for 15 minutes, and then home. I was so tired by the time I got home, I was barely standing. I took the easy way out and got in bed for the next two hours.At my last stop, at the podiatrist that I have been going to since last summer, I ran into a friend who worked there. I knew she worked in a medical office but I didn ' t know she worked in that one. She only works two days a week w...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 9, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: fatigue fibromyalgia naps rheumatoid arthritis tired Source Type: blogs
Tai Chi For Seniors: Exercises, Benefits, and Tips For The Elderly
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Tai chi, a form of Chinese martial arts that focuses on slow, controlled movements. It’s low impact and gives people with limited mobility a chance to improve their balance, range of motion and coordination. Research shows that tai chi for seniors can reduce the incidence of falls in elderly and at-risk adults by about 43 percent. With fewer than 34 percent of aging adults getting enough exercise, it’s important for caregivers, older individuals and people who work with seniors to know about this gentle but effective activity...
Source: Shield My Senior - January 8, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Vin Tags: Senior Safety Source Type: blogs
Tai Chi For Seniors: Exercises, Benefits, and Tips For The Elderly
Tai chi, a form of Chinese martial arts that focuses on slow, controlled movements. It’s low impact and gives people with limited mobility a chance to improve their balance, range of motion and coordination. Research shows that tai chi for seniors can reduce the incidence of falls in elderly and at-risk adults by about 43 percent. With fewer than 34 percent of aging adults getting enough exercise, it’s important for caregivers, older individuals and people who work with seniors to know about this gentle but effective activity.
What Is Tai Chi?
Tai chi is an ancient way of moving that is practiced by more than 200 milli...
Source: Shield My Senior - January 8, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Vin Tags: Senior Safety Source Type: blogs
Back On The Fitness Bandwagon
Finally, I am back on the fitness bandwagon. This week is my first full week of three days at the gym. Finally. I am excited, but exhausted.According to my card at the gym, I had an extended absence from October 4 to December 20. I was so excited to go back. But have forced myself to take it easy. With the help of the physical therapist at the gym, I cut back my exercise plan significantly. I cut down on the weight I use, the time I do cardio, and added a number of specific ' knee strengthening ' exercises. I also have spent three weeks only going twice a week.Its killing me.Every time I leave the gym, I am exhausted. and ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 8, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: being active exhaustion fitness gym Source Type: blogs
More Bacon Bad News
I learned back in 2016 that bacon is not good for fibromyalgia. That was very sad. Now I have learned that bacon, or other processed meats like sausage,can increase your risk of getting breast cancer significantly." From an analysis of more than 260,000 women, researchers found that the risk of breast cancer increased by more than a fifth for those who consumed more than 9 grams of processed meats per day, which is the equivalent of around two sausages per week.However, the team found no link between red meat intake and the risk of breast cancer. "Well that ' s good news about red meat. But I would rather have bacon t...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 6, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: being a patient being healthy cancer risk food pouting Source Type: blogs
Feel Like I'm Back Twenty Steps
Finally I am feeling better and my post surgery recovery seems almost complete. The signs are there because I actually felt able to bring in the empty trash barrels and recycling bins (put everything in the big barrel and wheel it down the driveway). This is the first time since early October I have felt up to that. My husband even noticed.I was all set to go to the gym this week for the first time in months but I woke up Monday with a temperature (101.5) and thought I had the flu. It wasn ' t the flu. It wasn ' t an ear infection. It was just your basic run of the mill cold. It set me back - I postponed everything from th...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - December 16, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: exercise gym knee surgery physical therapy Source Type: blogs
Her Chronic Pain Was a Medical Mystery. Was It an Unexplained Condition? - The Daily Beast
Leslie Levine's searing pains started the day after Thanksgiving in 2006. They began in her toes, which turned strangely dark. Then the agony crept upward."It felt like my legs were being dipped in boiling oil 24/7," she said.The emergency room and a series of doctors could do little but scratch their heads and offer her painkillers."I was living on oxycodone and very grateful for it," Levine said, then Harvard University's chief patent attorney. But it wasn't enough."By January, I was on disability, because I was in such pain and could hardly walk."Her internet search for answers ...
Source: Psychology of Pain - December 7, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
On Not Blogging About Breast Cancer
You might have noticed that I haven ' t been blogging about breast cancer recently. Why? Because my brain has been filled with non-breast cancer issues that take up the entire health section of it.My brain is full of knee, RA, fibromyalgia, and other health issues. Like why can ' t I stop taking a couple of medications (a couple of serious conversations are upcoming)? Or why can ' t my hands and feet hurt less even though I am taking all these meds to make them stop hurting? Or when will my knee be all better and get back to normal? And why did I manage to get so tired yesterday when all I did was go to a yarn store (and s...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - November 15, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: blogging breast cancer knee surgery Source Type: blogs
